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Grafana Loki vs EasyLogger
Grafana Loki has 29,120 GitHub stars, 4,173 forks, 1,620 open issues and last shipped yesterday. EasyLogger has 4,796 stars, 1,321 forks, 81 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. Grafana Loki leads on adoption by 507% (29,120 vs 4,796 stars). Grafana Loki is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; EasyLogger is written in C under MIT. Grafana Loki has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, EasyLogger 28%. Grafana Loki was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (logging), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
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 | EasyLogger | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 29K | ★ 4.8K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Go | C |
| Last push | 2026-11-04 | 2026-08-13 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.2K | ⑂ 1.3K |
| 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 EasyLogger if
- You want the EasyLogger feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C
- You evaluated both and EasyLogger fits your workflow better
About Grafana Loki
Loki: like Prometheus, but for logs. Loki is a horizontally scalable, highly available, multi tenant log aggregation system inspired by Prometheus. It is designed to be very cost effective and easy to operate. It does not index the contents of the logs, but rather a set of labels for each log stream. Compared to other log aggregation systems, Loki: does not do full text indexing on logs. By storing compressed, unstructured logs and only indexing metadata, Loki is simpler to operate and cheaper to run. indexes and groups log streams using the same labels you’re already using with Prometheus, enabling you to…
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About EasyLogger
EasyLogger 1. 介绍 EasyLogger 是一款超轻量级(ROM 名词解释： 1、RAW格式：未经过格式化的原始日志。 2、标签：在软件中可以按照文件、模块、功能等方面，对需要打印的日志设定标签，实现日志分类。 1.2 插件 1、Flash：使用 EasyFlash 库提供的Flash操作接口，无需文件系统，直接将日志存储在 Flash 中。 2、File：支持文件转档、文件循环保存等与文件日志输出相关功能。 3、敬请期待…… 1.3 Star & Fork 后续我还会提供更多插件。也非常欢迎大家设计、开发更多实用插件和功能，一起来完善 EasyLogger (Github OSChina Coding) 。如果觉得这个开源项目很赞，可以点击项目主页 右上角的 Star ，同时把它推荐给更多有需要的朋友。 2. 使用 2.1 参数配置 EasyLogger 拥有过滤方式、输出格式、输出开关这些属性。 过滤方式支持按照标签、级别、关键词进行过滤； 可以动态的开启/关闭日志的输出； 可设定动态和静态的输出级别 静态：一级开关，通过宏定义，在编译阶段使用； 动态：二级开关，通过API接口，在运行阶段使用。 注：目前参数配置及输出方式都是单例模式，即全局只支持一种配置方式。此模式下，软件会较为简单，但是无法支持复杂的输出方式。 2.2 输出级别 参考 Android Logcat ，级别最高为 0(Assert)…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Grafana Loki or EasyLogger more popular?
Grafana Loki has 29,120 GitHub stars and EasyLogger has 4,796. Grafana Loki has the larger community by that measure.
Are Grafana Loki and EasyLogger free?
Both are open source. Grafana Loki is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and EasyLogger under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Grafana Loki and EasyLogger?
Grafana Loki is written in Go and EasyLogger in C. 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 EasyLogger?
Choose Grafana Loki if you want the larger community (29,120 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose EasyLogger if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.