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telegraf vs Cachet
telegraf has 17,893 GitHub stars, 5,846 forks, 449 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Cachet has 15,263 stars, 1,631 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped yesterday. telegraf leads on adoption by 17% (17,893 vs 15,263 stars). telegraf is written in Go under MIT; Cachet is written in PHP under a custom or non-standard licence. telegraf has attracted 33% as many forks as stars, Cachet 11%. telegraf 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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Side by side
| telegraf | Cachet | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 18K | ★ 15K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | Go | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.8K | ⑂ 1.6K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick telegraf if
- You weight community size — 18K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Cachet if
- You want the Cachet feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and Cachet fits your workflow better
About telegraf
Telegraf Telegraf is an agent for collecting, processing, aggregating, and writing metrics, logs, and other arbitrary data. Offers a comprehensive suite of over 300 plugins, covering a wide range of functionalities including system monitoring, cloud services, and message passing Enables the integration of user defined code to collect, transform, and transmit data efficiently Compiles into a standalone static binary without any external dependencies, ensuring a streamlined deployment process Utilizes TOML for configuration, providing a user friendly and unambiguous setup experience Developed with contributions…
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About Cachet
Cachet, the open source self hosted status page system. Cachet 3.x Announcement For more information on the Cachet rebuild and our plans for 3.x, you can read the announcement here. Requirements PHP 8.3 or later Composer A supported database: MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite Installation, Upgrades and Documentation You can find documentation at Here are some useful quick links: Installing Cachet Demo To test out the v3 demo, you can log in to the Cachet dashboard with the following credentials: Email: test@test.com Password: test123 Note The demo automatically resets every 30 minutes. Sponsors Security…
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Frequently asked questions
Is telegraf or Cachet more popular?
telegraf has 17,893 GitHub stars and Cachet has 15,263. telegraf has the larger community by that measure.
Are telegraf and Cachet free?
Both are open source. telegraf is licensed under MIT, and Cachet has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between telegraf and Cachet?
telegraf is written in Go and Cachet in PHP. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, telegraf or Cachet?
Choose telegraf if you want the larger community (17,893 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Cachet if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.