Mimir license, foundation and stars
Databases and caches · AGPL v3 (open source) · backed by Grafana Labs · 5,238 stars
Grafana Mimir provides horizontally scalable, highly available, multi-tenant, long-term storage for Prometheus.
License history
LICENSE file| Change | ||
|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2021 | Apache 2.0 to AGPL v3Mimir began as an AGPLv3 fork of the Apache-licensed Cortex, announced publicly in March 2022.LICENSE commitAnnouncement | LICENSE commitAnnouncement |
Latest release
No GitHub releases published; the project releases elsewhere (tags or its own site).
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About and history
- Repository
- grafana/mimir · created Jul 13, 2021
- Website
- grafana.com/oss/mimir
- Language
- Go
- Foundation
- None; run by Grafana Labs
- Company
- Grafana Labs · on Companies · on awards · on blogs · on Downtime · on Leaders · on Paydays · on Releases · on Titlewave
- GitHub detects
- AGPL-3.0
- Stars per week
- From the second weekly snapshot
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 5,238 |
Changes
| What changed | |
|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | RelicensedApache 2.0 to AGPL v3 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | TrackedAdded: grafana/mimir |