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Grafana Loki vs DoKit
Grafana Loki has 28,909 GitHub stars, 4,112 forks, 1,620 open issues and last shipped yesterday. DoKit has 20,415 stars, 3,183 forks, 275 open issues and last shipped 11 days ago. Grafana Loki leads on adoption by 42% (28,909 vs 20,415 stars). Grafana Loki is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; DoKit is written in Java under Apache-2.0. Grafana Loki has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, DoKit 16%. Grafana Loki was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Grafana Loki | DoKit | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 29K | ★ 20K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | Java |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-07 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.1K | ⑂ 3.2K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Grafana Loki if
- You weight community size — 29K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick DoKit if
- You want the DoKit feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You evaluated both and DoKit fits your workflow better
About Grafana Loki
Grafana Loki is a log aggregation system designed as the log oriented counterpart to Prometheus. It operates within the cloud native observability ecosystem, specifically targeting Kubernetes and containerized environments. Loki avoids expensive full text indexing by indexing only metadata labels attached to log streams, storing the raw log content in compressed form. This design choice makes Loki significantly simpler to operate and more cost effective than traditional log systems that index every word.
read the full Grafana Loki overview →
About DoKit
DoKit is an Apache 2.0 efficiency platform for the full research and development lifecycle of pan frontend products — Android, iOS, mini programs, Flutter and Web — built for mobile developers, test engineers and UI designers who want debugging, performance monitoring and visual inspection tooling inside a debug build instead of hand rolled into each application.
read the full DoKit overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Grafana Loki or DoKit more popular?
Grafana Loki has 28,909 GitHub stars and DoKit has 20,415. Grafana Loki has the larger community by that measure.
Are Grafana Loki and DoKit free?
Both are open source. Grafana Loki is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and DoKit under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Grafana Loki and DoKit?
Grafana Loki is written in Go and DoKit in Java. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Grafana Loki or DoKit?
Choose Grafana Loki if you want the larger community (28,909 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose DoKit if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.