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Grafana vs gloc
Grafana has 77,638 GitHub stars, 14,905 forks, 3,326 open issues and last shipped yesterday. gloc has 653 stars, 46 forks, 10 open issues and last shipped 1.0 years ago. Grafana leads on adoption by 11,789% (77,638 vs 653 stars). Grafana is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; gloc is written in TypeScript under GPL-2.0. Grafana has attracted 19% as many forks as stars, gloc 7%. Grafana was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (metrics), 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 | gloc | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 78K | ★ 653 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | GPL-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2025-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 15K | ⑂ 46 |
| 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 gloc if
- You want the gloc feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and gloc 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 gloc
Browser extension GLOC ( Chrome, Opera, Firefox, Edge ) DISCLAIMER Github does not have a function to view the total number of lines of code in the project but we can to compute an approximation of that data (LOC: Lines of Code) through the GitHub Statistics API. Some glitches may occur, such as negative loc or unavailable data for many reasons History and origins Gloc means 'Github lines of code counter' Initial version: 2.0.1 ( 2017, 12 february ) I made this extension in the Russian Army while was on duty. My fastest open source ever ) Description Works for public and private repos Counts lines of code in…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Grafana or gloc more popular?
Grafana has 77,638 GitHub stars and gloc has 653. Grafana has the larger community by that measure.
Are Grafana and gloc free?
Both are open source. Grafana is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and gloc under GPL-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Grafana and gloc?
Grafana is written in TypeScript and gloc in TypeScript. 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 gloc?
Choose Grafana if you want the larger community (77,638 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose gloc if its feature set, stack or GPL-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.