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huginn vs VictoriaLogs
huginn has 50,269 GitHub stars, 4,339 forks, 698 open issues and last shipped yesterday. VictoriaLogs has 2,451 stars, 206 forks, 314 open issues and last shipped yesterday. huginn leads on adoption by 1,951% (50,269 vs 2,451 stars). huginn is written in Ruby under MIT; VictoriaLogs is written in Go under Apache-2.0. huginn has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, VictoriaLogs 8%. VictoriaLogs 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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| huginn | VictoriaLogs | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 50K | ★ 2.5K |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Ruby | Go |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.3K | ⑂ 206 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick huginn if
- You weight community size — 50K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Ruby
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick VictoriaLogs if
- You want the VictoriaLogs feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and VictoriaLogs fits your workflow better
About huginn
What is Huginn? Huginn is a system for building agents that perform automated tasks for you online. They can read the web, watch for events, and take actions on your behalf. Huginn's Agents create and consume events, propagating them along a directed graph. Think of it as a hackable version of IFTTT or Zapier on your own server. You always know who has your data. You do. Here are some of the things that you can do with Huginn: Track the weather and get an email when it's going to rain (or snow) tomorrow ("Don't forget your umbrella!") List terms that you care about and receive email when their occurrence on…
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About VictoriaLogs
VictoriaLogs VictoriaLogs is a high performance, lightweight, zero config, schema free database for logs that is easy to use and scales both vertically and horizontally, from very small setups to large scale deployments handling terabytes per day. Both the single node and cluster versions of VictoriaLogs are open source and free to use. Here are some resources to help you get started with VictoriaLogs: Playgrounds: built in web UI, Grafana plugin for VictoriaLogs, SQL to LogsQL, LogQL to LogsQL Documentation Available: Binary releases, docker images Docker Hub and Quay, Source code Deployment types: Single node…
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Frequently asked questions
Is huginn or VictoriaLogs more popular?
huginn has 50,269 GitHub stars and VictoriaLogs has 2,451. huginn has the larger community by that measure.
Are huginn and VictoriaLogs free?
Both are open source. huginn is licensed under MIT and VictoriaLogs under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between huginn and VictoriaLogs?
huginn is written in Ruby and VictoriaLogs in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, huginn or VictoriaLogs?
Choose huginn if you want the larger community (50,269 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose VictoriaLogs if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.