Graphite

Spec sheet

Purpose

Graphite stores numeric time-series data and renders graphs on demand for monitoring websites, applications, business services, and networked servers.Read 11 Oct 2026 · graphiteapp.org

Deployment

The installation documentation offers a Docker command and lists a UNIX-like operating system among Graphite’s basic requirements.Read 11 Oct 2026 · graphite.readthedocs.io

Integrations

Documented collection tools include collectd, Diamond, Telegraf, and StatsD-compatible tools.Read 11 Oct 2026 · graphite.readthedocs.io

Support

The project directs users to Stack Exchange community support, official documentation, or GitHub issues.Read 11 Oct 2026 · graphiteapp.org

License

Graphite is released under the Apache 2.0 open-source license.Read 11 Oct 2026 · graphiteapp.org

Founded

2006Read 28 Sep 2026 · graphiteapp.org

Components

Graphite consists of Carbon for receiving time-series data, Whisper for storing it, and graphite-web for rendering graphs and dashboards.Read 11 Oct 2026 · graphiteapp.org

Dashboards

The dashboard interface displays multiple graphs over a shared time range and supports saved dashboards.Read 11 Oct 2026 · graphite.readthedocs.io

Data formats

Graphite can return graphs and data as raw images, CSV, XML, and JSON.Read 11 Oct 2026 · graphiteapp.org

Data ingestion

Carbon supports plaintext, Pickle, and AMQP methods for sending data.Read 11 Oct 2026 · graphite.readthedocs.io

Origin

Graphite was designed and written by Chris Davis at Orbitz in 2006 as a side project.Read 11 Oct 2026 · graphiteapp.org

Output formats

Graphite can output graphs as raw images, CSV, XML, and JSON for embedding in pages or dashboards.Read 11 Oct 2026 · graphiteapp.org

Retention

Data retention and precision are configured in advance through storage schemas; the documentation says the default schema stores two hours of minutely data.Read 11 Oct 2026 · graphite.readthedocs.io

Security feature

The installation documentation lists LDAP authentication as an optional web application feature requiring an additional dependency.Read 11 Oct 2026 · graphite.readthedocs.io

Use cases

Teams use Graphite to track performance of websites, applications, business services, and networked servers.Read 11 Oct 2026 · graphiteapp.org

Who it serves

The project describes teams using Graphite to monitor websites, applications, business services, and networked servers.Read 11 Oct 2026 · graphiteapp.org

Windows support

Native Graphite on Windows is unsupported; the documentation describes running it on Windows through Docker or a Vagrant virtual machine.Read 11 Oct 2026 · graphite.readthedocs.io

Where Specifiction places it

• Metrics Monitoring Tools#29 of 377.2
• Time-Series Databases#30 of 367.3