VictoriaMetrics

    VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaLogs

    Fast and easy to use database for logs, which can efficiently handle terabytes of logs

    monitoring
    kubernetes
    observability
    elasticsearch
    grafana
    logging
    logs
    loki
    Go
    Apache-2.0
    2.4K stars
    205 forks
    2.4K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 26, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    3 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 24 days ago, with 369 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #27 in the weekly ranking the week of Jan 11, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a fast, easy-to-use log database capable of efficiently handling terabytes of log data.
    • Offers high performance and scalability for large-scale log storage and querying compared to traditional logging solutions.
    • Use for centralized log management in Kubernetes environments to monitor and troubleshoot containerized applications.
    • Use for integrating with Grafana and OpenTelemetry to build observability dashboards and analyze system metrics alongside logs.
    • Use for security information and event management (SIEM) to collect, store, and analyze security logs at scale.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

    VictoriaLogs is a fast easy to use database for logs.

    Here are some resources and information about VictoriaLogs:

    Both the single-node and the cluster versions of VictoriaLogs are open source and free to use.

    Excerpt from the VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaLogs README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Forks

    205+43

    Open issues

    308+58

    Compared with peers in Monitoring

    Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 1, by 7-day star growth

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    grafana/loki29.1K+42651 day ago
    lowlighter/metrics17.3K—45—
    VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaLogs2.4K—6424 days ago
    Category median25.8K+14455—

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