Prometheus vs Grafana vs VictoriaMetrics
A side-by-side look at how actively Prometheus, Grafana and VictoriaMetrics are developed on GitHub — popularity, contributor base, commit activity and how quickly issues and pull requests move.
What the numbers say
- Grafana is the most-starred of the 3, with 77k stars — about 4.3× VictoriaMetrics's 18k.
- Over the 52 weeks to the snapshot, Grafana recorded the most commits (11k), against 1.6k for VictoriaMetrics.
- Grafana has closed or merged the most pull requests in its lifetime: 84k.
- Relative to its popularity, Prometheus carries the lightest open-issue load: 7.4 open issues per 1,000 stars, versus 37.8 for VictoriaMetrics.
Head-to-head
Snapshot taken 30 September 2026.
| Metric | Prometheus Active | Grafana Active | VictoriaMetrics Active |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 66k | 77k | 18k |
| Forks | 11k | 15k | 1.8k |
| Contributors | 1.5k | 3.1k | 425 |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 2.5k | 11k | 1.6k |
| Open issues | 492 | 2.7k | 673 |
| Open pull requests | 436 | 575 | 110 |
| Closed / merged PRs | 12k | 84k | 6.0k |
| Watchers | 1.2k | 1.3k | 156 |
| Last push | 29 Sep 2026 | 30 Sep 2026 | 30 Sep 2026 |
| Latest release | v3.15.0 (Sep 2026) | v13.2.3 (Sep 2026) | v1.153.0 (Sep 2026) |
| Main language | Go | TypeScript | Go |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Created | Nov 2012 | Dec 2013 | Sep 2018 |
Bold marks the highest value in a row. “Active / Slowing / Dormant” is a simple heuristic from how recently code was pushed and open issues per star — a starting point, not a verdict. Stars measure popularity, not quality.
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