InfluxDB 3 Core by influxdb
Scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics
About InfluxDB 3 Core
From the project's README at github.com/influxdb/influxdb. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
Open source time series database for real-time events, analytics, and monitoring--powered by Apache Arrow, DataFusion, and Parquet.
InfluxDB 3 Core is a database built to collect, process, transform, and store event and time series data. It is ideal for use cases that require real-time ingest and fast query response times to build user interfaces, monitoring, and automation solutions.
Common use cases include: Monitoring sensor data Server monitoring Application performance monitoring Network monitoring Financial market and trading analytics Behavioral analytics
InfluxDB is optimized for scenarios where near real-time data monitoring is essential and queries need to return quickly to support user experiences such as dashboards and interactive user interfaces.
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 | 31k | github.com/influxdb/influxdb |
| GitHub forks | 3.7k | github.com/influxdb/influxdb |
| Docker Hub pulls | 743k | hub.docker.com / influxdb |
| CRATES downloads (last month) | 97k | influxdb |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 12.6 years | since Sep 2013 |
| Last commit | 6 days ago | May 1, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 99 | last: 5 days 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 → |
What people say on Hacker News
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Ready to self-host InfluxDB 3 Core?
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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