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<ul> <li>Free and open-source software portal</li></ul> <p>Grafana is a <a href="/facts/Multi-platform/16zqdvNR">multi-platform</a> <a href="/facts/Open_source/7X9rCdz4">open source</a> <a href="/facts/Business_intelligence/ftThn7Wf">analytics</a> and <a href="/facts/Interactive_visualization/xVfxo6FJ">interactive visualization</a> <a href="/facts/Web_application/BLkF3BIN">web application</a>. It can produce charts, graphs, and alerts for the web when connected to supported data sources. </p><p>There is also a licensed Grafana Enterprise version with additional capabilities, which is sold as a self-hosted installation or through an account on the Grafana Labs cloud service. It is expandable through a <a href="/facts/Plug-in_(computing)/351Du3Wu">plug-in system</a>. Complex monitoring dashboards can be built by end users, with the aid of interactive query builders. The product is divided into a <a href="/facts/Front_end_and_back_end/QVUfH8gu">front end and back end</a>, written in <a href="/facts/TypeScript/W9J27V1N">TypeScript</a> and <a href="/facts/Go_(programming_language)/oWlsmAFJ">Go</a>, respectively. </p><p>As a visualization tool, Grafana can be used as a component in monitoring stacks, often in combination with <a href="/facts/Time_series_database/sWQTXFBB">time series databases</a> such as <a href="/facts/InfluxDB/ngtlFGSR">InfluxDB</a>, <a href="/facts/Prometheus_(software)/Vlcfymdn">Prometheus</a> and <a href="/facts/Graphite_(software)/7nQJ77WG">Graphite</a>; <a href="/facts/Network_monitoring_system/dt0cvIqS">monitoring platforms</a> such as Sensu, <a href="/facts/Icinga/YggCzR6s">Icinga</a>, <a href="/facts/Check_MK/rxDnudE6">Checkmk</a>, <a href="/facts/Zabbix/teYBNBX9">Zabbix</a>, <a href="/facts/Netdata/lS0CfkY4">Netdata</a>, and <a href="/facts/PRTG_Network_Monitor/ofMrwlAq">PRTG</a>; <a href="/facts/Security_information_and_event_management/0jUVIEJ1">SIEMs</a> such as <a href="/facts/Elasticsearch/aF9WuCFy">Elasticsearch</a>, <a href="/facts/OpenSearch_(software)/ct6N0WGP">OpenSearch</a>, and <a href="/facts/Splunk/CdQM8Iq2">Splunk</a>; and other data sources. The Grafana <a href="/facts/Graphical_user_interface/wBlQFWDP">user interface</a> was originally based on version 3 of <a href="/facts/Kibana/qFcqSVQh">Kibana</a>. </p>