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Open source dashboard tools in 2026

Build dashboards over metrics, logs and traces from one or many data sources. This list has 7 dashboard tools. Of these, 7 are open source, 7 have a free plan and 7 can be self-hosted. Checked by hand on 30 September 2026.

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    Chronograf

    InfluxData's web UI for InfluxDB 1.x: builds dashboards over InfluxQL queries and manages Kapacitor alert rules.

    Free Open source (AGPL-3.0) Self-hosted DashboardsMetrics
  2. 2

    Elastic Stack (ELK)

    Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana and Beats: full-text indexing and search of logs with Kibana dashboards and alerting. Self-host the free distribution or buy Elastic Cloud.

    Free plan Open source (AGPL-3.0-only OR SSPL-1.0 OR Elastic-2.0) Self-hosted LogsDashboardsMetricsAPM
  3. 3

    Grafana

    Open source dashboards and alerting over Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch, SQL databases and many other data sources.

    Free plan Open source (AGPL-3.0) Self-hosted DashboardsMetrics
  4. 4

    Nightingale

    Open source alerting and dashboard platform that sits on Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, Elasticsearch and other sources, with alert rules and notification routing.

    Free plan Open source (Apache-2.0) Self-hosted MetricsDashboardsAlert routing
  5. 5

    OpenSearch

    Apache-licensed fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana run under the Linux Foundation. Indexes and searches logs, with OpenSearch Dashboards, alerting and trace analytics plugins.

    Free Open source (Apache-2.0) Self-hosted LogsDashboardsTraces
  6. 6

    Perses

    CNCF open source dashboard tool with an open dashboard specification: Prometheus, Tempo and Loki panels, dashboards as code, and Kubernetes-native deployment.

    Free Open source (Apache-2.0) Self-hosted DashboardsMetrics
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    Smashing

    Ruby (Sinatra) framework for team wallboard dashboards built from widgets that pull data from scripts and APIs; community fork of Shopify's Dashing.

    Free Open source (MIT) Self-hosted maintenance Dashboards

Side by side

Tool Pricing Free plan Open source Self-hosted Many data sourcesPrometheus sourceSQL sourcesAlertingTemplate variablesDashboards as codeSharingAnnotations
Chronograf Free Yes Yes Yes NoNoNoYesYesYes-Yes
Elastic Stack (ELK) Free plan Yes Yes Yes ---YesYesYesYesYes
Grafana Free plan Yes Yes Yes YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Nightingale Free plan Yes Yes Yes YesYesYesYes--YesYes
OpenSearch Free Yes Yes Yes YesYes-Yes-Yes--
Perses Free Yes Yes Yes YesYesYes-YesYes--
Smashing Free Yes Yes Yes NoNoNoNo-Yes--

Yes: confirmed in the tool's documentation. No: documented as not offered. -: not confirmed. Plans and prices change; check each tool's own site before you decide.

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