Awslabs Flowgger by awslabs
A fast data collector in Rust
About Awslabs Flowgger
From the project's README at github.com/awslabs/flowgger. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
[](https://github.com/awslabs/flowgger/actions/workflows/ci.yml) [](https://github.com/awslabs/flowgger/blob/master/LICENSE) New major version: 0.3.0 (2022-03-14) Breaking Changes
Migrate from chrono to time as per https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0071 String formatting changed from strftime to time custom formatting - see for examples on change
Flowgger is a fast, simple and lightweight data collector written in Rust.
It reads log entries over a given protocol, extracts them, decodes them using a given format, re-encodes them into a different format, and asynchronously pushes the result into a remote data store.
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 880 | github.com/awslabs/flowgger |
| GitHub forks | 60 | github.com/awslabs/flowgger |
| CRATES downloads (last month) | 13 | flowgger |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 10.8 years | since Aug 2015 |
| Last commit | 11 months ago | Jun 23, 2025 |
| Releases shipped | 2 | last: 2.0 years ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
Ready to self-host Awslabs Flowgger?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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