Self-hosted Time Series Databases
A curated collection of the best self-hosted databases optimized for handling time-stamped data.
Open source metrics collection, storage, and alerting
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66,078Last commit
14 hours agoLicense
Apache-2.0
Pull-based monitoring system with a multi-dimensional data model, PromQL query language, built-in alerting, and a time series database built for cloud native environments.
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Purpose-built time series database for real-time systems
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31,742Last commit
9 hours agoLicense
Apache-2.0
InfluxDB handles high-velocity, high-resolution time series data at scale, built for telemetry, edge devices, IoT, and physical AI workloads.
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Time-series database built on top of PostgreSQL
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23,528Last commit
9 hours agoLicense
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PostgreSQL extension for time-series data with automatic partitioning, up to 95% columnar compression, continuous aggregates, and ~200 native SQL functions.
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High-performance time series database for metrics and logs
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17,722Last commit
9 hours agoLicense
Apache-2.0
Time series database and monitoring platform compatible with Prometheus, handling billions of metrics with lower resource usage than most alternatives.
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Real-time analytics database for sub-second OLAP queries
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14,055Last commit
12 hours agoLicense
Apache-2.0
Columnar, time-indexed analytics database built for streaming and batch data at scale, handling billions to trillions of rows with millisecond query response times.
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Unified observability database for metrics, logs, and traces
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6,674Last commit
14 hours agoLicense
Apache-2.0
Cloud-native observability database unifying metrics, logs, and traces with sub-second queries, 50x cost reduction, and seamless OpenTelemetry integration.
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Time-series database built for industrial IoT workloads
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6,398Last commit
18 hours agoLicense
Apache-2.0
Apache IoTDB manages industrial IoT time-series data with high-throughput read/write, edge-cloud sync, ultra-high compression, and integrations with Hadoop, Spark, Flink, and Grafana.
Open Source Alternative to:
Windshift – The self-hosted platform that replaces Jira.
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