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Developer ToolsAlternative to Datadog MetricsAlternative to CortexAlternative to Amazon Managed Prometheus

Grafana Mimir

Horizontally scalable, highly available, multi-tenant long-term storage for Prometheus.

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LicenseAGPL-3.0
GitHub stars3.8k
Last commit1 weeks ago
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GrafanaMulti TenantTime Series DatabasePrometheus StorageDevops InfrastructureGolang
Overview

Why consider Grafana Mimir?

Grafana Mimir is an open-source, horizontally scalable time-series database for Prometheus metrics. Written in Go, it scales to 1 billion active series with sub-second queries, multi-tenancy, and high availability across Kubernetes clusters.

Guided learning

Learn Grafana Mimir by building

Practical setup notes, real use cases, and copy-ready examples in one focused guide.

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Overview of Grafana Mimir

Grafana Mimir provides 100% Prometheus PromQL query compatibility with blazing fast distributed query splitting and caching.

Running with Docker

bash
1docker run -d \
2 --name mimir \
3 -p 9009:9009 \
4 grafana/mimir:latest

Grafana Mimir is licensed under the GNU AGPL-3.0 license.

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Grafana Mimir FAQs

Grafana Mimir is listed as a Developer Tools tool on TiloBox. Review the overview, features, and official documentation on this page to decide whether it solves your specific workflow.

Start with the project's GitHub repository and official website for supported installation and deployment instructions. Test the setup with representative data or a small project before rolling it out more widely.

Grafana Mimir is listed under the AGPL-3.0 license. Read the complete license text and the project's notices before using, modifying, or distributing the software.

Production readiness depends on your requirements. Review maintenance activity, security practices, documentation, backup and upgrade procedures, and compatibility with your stack; then validate it in a non-production environment.

Grafana Mimir is listed as an alternative to Datadog Metrics. Compare the core workflow, deployment model, integrations, and licensing against your must-have requirements before switching.