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Grafana vs CocoaLumberjack
Grafana has 77,638 GitHub stars, 14,905 forks, 3,326 open issues and last shipped yesterday. CocoaLumberjack has 13,320 stars, 2,271 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. Grafana leads on adoption by 483% (77,638 vs 13,320 stars). Grafana is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; CocoaLumberjack is written in Objective-C under BSD-3-Clause. Grafana has attracted 19% as many forks as stars, CocoaLumberjack 17%. Grafana 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 | CocoaLumberjack | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 78K | ★ 13K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Written in | TypeScript | Objective-C |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-28 |
| Forks | ⑂ 15K | ⑂ 2.3K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Grafana if
- You weight community size — 78K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick CocoaLumberjack if
- You want the CocoaLumberjack feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the BSD-3-Clause license terms
- Your stack matches Objective-C
- You evaluated both and CocoaLumberjack fits your workflow better
About Grafana
The open source platform for monitoring and observability Grafana allows you to query, visualize, alert on and understand your metrics no matter where they are stored. Create, explore, and share dashboards with your team and foster a data driven culture: Visualizations: Fast and flexible client side graphs with a multitude of options. Panel plugins offer many different ways to visualize metrics and logs. Dynamic Dashboards: Create dynamic & reusable dashboards with template variables that appear as dropdowns at the top of the dashboard. Explore Metrics: Explore your data through ad hoc queries and dynamic…
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About CocoaLumberjack
CocoaLumberjack =============== CocoaLumberjack is a fast & simple, yet powerful & flexible logging framework for macOS, iOS, tvOS, watchOS and visionOS. How to get started First, install CocoaLumberjack via Swift Package Manager, CocoaPods, Carthage or manually. Then use DDOSLogger for iOS 10 and later, or DDTTYLogger and DDASLLogger for earlier versions to begin logging messages. Swift Package Manager As of CocoaLumberjack 3.6.0, you can use the Swift Package Manager as integration method. If you want to use the Swift Package Manager as integration method, either use Xcode to add the package dependency or add…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Grafana or CocoaLumberjack more popular?
Grafana has 77,638 GitHub stars and CocoaLumberjack has 13,320. Grafana has the larger community by that measure.
Are Grafana and CocoaLumberjack free?
Both are open source. Grafana is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and CocoaLumberjack under BSD-3-Clause. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Grafana and CocoaLumberjack?
Grafana is written in TypeScript and CocoaLumberjack in Objective-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 or CocoaLumberjack?
Choose Grafana if you want the larger community (77,638 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose CocoaLumberjack if its feature set, stack or BSD-3-Clause licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.