# grafana/grafana-operator

An operator for Grafana that installs and manages Grafana instances, Dashboards and Datasources through Kubernetes/OpenShift CRs

Repository: https://github.com/grafana/grafana-operator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/grafana-operator
Homepage: https://grafana.github.io/grafana-operator/docs/
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: grafana-operator, kubernetes, operator, grafana, k8s, golang, go, observability, monitoring, openshift, community, open-source, hacktober, kubernetes-operator, openshift-v4
Last push: 2026-08-25T11:42:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2778, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 9, "gap_med": 22.5, "n_releases_24m": 25}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1373, forks 467 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:32.810034+00:00)

## What it is
A Kubernetes operator that installs and manages Grafana instances, dashboards, datasources, and other Grafana resources via custom resources on Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters. It is designed for infrastructure-as-code and GitOps workflows with tools like ArgoCD and Flux CD.

## Use cases
- deploy grafana on kubernetes declaratively
- manage grafana dashboards as code with gitops
- synchronize grafana datasources across multiple instances
- run many grafana instances in a cluster
- manage grafana alerting and folders via CRDs
- install grafana operator with helm or olm

## When to choose
- you run Grafana on Kubernetes or OpenShift and want declarative, GitOps-driven management
- you need to provision dashboards and datasources automatically across one or many Grafana instances
- you use ArgoCD or Flux and want Grafana resources in your Git repository

## When to avoid
- you run Grafana outside Kubernetes and don't use cluster CRDs
- you prefer manual UI-based Grafana administration for a single small instance
- you need a general-purpose monitoring stack rather than Grafana lifecycle management

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: infrastructure-as-code, deployment, monitoring, configuration-management, developer-tools
- domain: monitoring, cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code, self-hosted
- platform: go, cloud, self-hosted
- tags: grafana, kubernetes-operator, gitops, observability, openshift, custom-resources, dashboards, datasources, devops, containers, kubernetes, docker

## Member repositories
- grafana/grafana-operator (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:32.810034+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:40:42.106902+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/grafana/grafana-operator (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:32.810034+00:00, sha b7d66f7cd056)
  - homepage: https://grafana.github.io/grafana-operator/docs/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:07.443163+00:00, sha 9ab51974827a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.