dark
The premium Open Source alternative to Grafana Cloud
🎯 Best for:Teams running Grafana on Kubernetes who want to automate dashboard lifecycle.
What is dark?
Replaces manual Grafana UI configuration with Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs). It enables GitOps workflows for observability by treating dashboards as version-controlled code within a cluster.
Tech Stack
GoDevOps & CI/CD
Why dark?
- • Native Kubernetes integration
- • Enables infrastructure-as-code
- • Automated dashboard synchronization
Limitations
- • Requires Kubernetes expertise
- • Limited to Grafana ecosystem
- • Dependency on K8s API availability
1/28/2026
Last Update
22
Forks
20
Issues
MIT
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Grafana Cloud)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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