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Grafana vs Keep
Grafana has 76,791 GitHub stars, 14,749 forks, 3,326 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Keep has 12,331 stars, 1,508 forks, 609 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. Grafana leads on adoption by 523% (76,791 vs 12,331 stars). Grafana is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; Keep is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence. Grafana has attracted 19% as many forks as stars, Keep 12%. Grafana was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (alerting, monitoring), 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 | Keep | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 77K | ★ 12K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-13 |
| Forks | ⑂ 15K | ⑂ 1.5K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Grafana if
- You weight community size — 77K 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 Keep if
- You want the Keep feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and Keep fits your workflow better
About Grafana
Grafana is an open source observability platform for visualizing metrics, logs, and traces across diverse data sources. It runs in the infrastructure and operations ecosystem, designed for teams needing unified visibility into system behavior without vendor lock in. Built with TypeScript and Go, it provides a composable architecture that integrates with existing toolchains.
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About Keep
Keep is the open source AIOps and alert management platform: a Python based single pane of glass that unifies alerts and incidents, deduplicates and enriches them, and automates response through declarative YAML workflows, aimed at the SRE, platform and on call teams that operate many monitoring tools at once.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Grafana or Keep more popular?
Grafana has 76,791 GitHub stars and Keep has 12,331. Grafana has the larger community by that measure.
Are Grafana and Keep free?
Both are open source. Grafana is licensed under AGPL-3.0, and Keep has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Grafana and Keep?
Grafana is written in TypeScript and Keep in Python. 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 Keep?
Choose Grafana if you want the larger community (76,791 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Keep if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.