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Grafana vs Maple
Grafana has 77,638 GitHub stars, 14,905 forks, 3,326 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Maple has 1,941 stars, 128 forks, 29 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Grafana leads on adoption by 3,900% (77,638 vs 1,941 stars). Grafana is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; Maple is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. Grafana has attracted 19% as many forks as stars, Maple 7%. 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 | Maple | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 78K | ★ 1.9K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 15K | ⑂ 128 |
| 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 Maple if
- You want the Maple feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Maple 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 Maple
Open source observability for traces, logs & metrics — built on OpenTelemetry + ClickHouse. Maple Monorepo Maple is now organized as a monorepo with a SPA frontend and an Effect based backend API. Workspace Layout apps/web : TanStack Router SPA (Vite) apps/api : Effect HTTP API (Tinybird proxy + MCP server code + AI chat/triage on @opencode ai/ai ) apps/ingest : OTLP ingest gateway (key auth + org enrichment + collector forwarding) apps/landing : Astro landing site apps/alerting : Alert evaluation worker apps/cli : CLI utilities apps/ios : Native SwiftUI app (Clerk + v2 API) packages/domain : Shared Effect HTTP…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Grafana or Maple more popular?
Grafana has 77,638 GitHub stars and Maple has 1,941. Grafana has the larger community by that measure.
Are Grafana and Maple free?
Both are open source. Grafana is licensed under AGPL-3.0, and Maple has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Grafana and Maple?
Grafana is written in TypeScript and Maple 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 Maple?
Choose Grafana if you want the larger community (77,638 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Maple if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.