Chipmunk
6.8#62 in log management softwareFree planFree planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows
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Grafana Loki
8.9#1 in log management softwareFrom $19 a monthFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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| Fact | Chipmunk | Grafana Loki |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment options | self-hosted | self-hosted |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Installation | Prebuilt releases are available for macOS, Windows, and Linux, and the app can also be installed from source with Cargo. | Grafana documents installation using Helm, Tanka, Docker or Docker Compose, local installation, and source builds. |
| Integrations | The project documents a CLI tool and plugin development and integration support. | Official documentation lists Grafana Alloy as the recommended collector and describes OpenTelemetry, Promtail, Fluent Bit, Fluentd, Vector, Logstash and other clients. |
| License | The public GitHub repository identifies its license as Apache-2.0. | Grafana states that Loki is released under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3. |
| Live log tailing | Yes | Yes |
| Log pipelines | No | Yes |
| Purpose | Chipmunk is a native desktop log viewer and analysis tool that supports files without a stated file-size limit. | Loki is a log aggregation system designed to store and query logs from applications and infrastructure. |
Chipmunk plans
- ChipmunkFree
Grafana Loki plans
- Grafana Cloud Logs FreeFree
- Grafana Loki OSS self-hostedFree
- Loki (self-hosted)Free
- Grafana Cloud Logs Pro$19 a month
- Grafana Cloud Logs Enterprise—
Pick Chipmunk if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.
Pick Grafana Loki if…
Loki suits teams that need to aggregate and query application or infrastructure logs and can manage a self-hosted deployment or use Grafana Cloud Logs. Its label-based indexing and LogQL are central considerations for selecting it.