LynxDB by lynxbase

A lightweight schema-on-read analytics in a single binary

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Verdict 40/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 3/5 setup difficulty Last release 2 months ago

Self-host LynxDB on hetzner for $4.13/mo and save approximately $1,750/year vs Splunk.

Health score
40 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
3 /5
External DB / setup
GitHub stars
140
5 forks

About LynxDB

From the project's README at github.com/lynxbase/lynxdb. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

Log analytics in a single binary. No dependencies. Lynx Flow query language.

> LynxDB is in active development and not yet production-ready. APIs, storage format, and query behavior may change without notice between releases. Feedback and contributions are welcome

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
38
maturity
50
community
40
security
70
sustainability
33
adoption
15

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 140 github.com/lynxbase/lynxdb
GitHub forks 5 github.com/lynxbase/lynxdb

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age0.3 yearssince Mar 2026
Last commit2 months agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped9last: 2 months ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
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

Replaces these paid SaaS

LynxDB is one of the open-source alternatives to:

Splunk alternatives

Ready to self-host LynxDB?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

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