[PR #720] [MERGED] Add VictoriaMetrics to Metrics & Metric Collection #5847

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GiteaMirror · 2026-05-02T17:15:37-05:00

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/awesome-foss/awesome-sysadmin/pull/720
Author: @matthewvaishnav
Created: 3/24/2026
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 3/26/2026
Merged by: @Technetium1

Base: master ← Head: add-victoriametrics

📝 Commits (2)

ee647be Add VictoriaMetrics to Metrics & Metric Collection
b89ef67 fix: add required blank spacing after VictoriaMetrics entry

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1 file changed (+3 additions, -0 deletions)

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📝 README.md (+3 -0)

📄 Description

Hi maintainers, hope you're doing well!

I noticed VictoriaMetrics is missing from the Metrics & Metric Collection section and thought it'd be a great addition. It's one of the most widely used tools in the Prometheus ecosystem — 16,500+ stars, production deployments at Grammarly, Roblox, Spotify and others, and it's a single binary with no external dependencies which sysadmins tend to love.

Worth noting: VictoriaMetrics does have an Enterprise tier with a separate license, but both the single-node and cluster community editions are fully Apache-2.0 with no feature-gating on the core functionality.

Your additions are Free software
Software you are submitting is not your own
Submit one item per pull request
Format is correct (description under 250 chars, sentence case)
Additions are inserted preserving alphabetical order
Additions are not already listed at awesome-selfhosted
The Language tag is the main server-side requirement
You have searched the repository for any relevant issues or PRs, including closed ones
Any category you are creating has the minimum requirement of 3 items
Any software project you are adding to the list is actively maintained
The pull request title is informative

Why is it awesome?
VictoriaMetrics is one of the most widely deployed open-source time series databases in the Prometheus ecosystem. It offers significantly better performance and compression than vanilla Prometheus, supports PromQL natively, and ships as a single binary with zero external dependencies — making it extremely straightforward to operate.

Have you used it? For how long?
Yes, approximately one year.

Is this in a personal or professional setup?
Both homelab monitoring and professional infrastructure observability.

How many devices/users/services/... do you manage with it?
Scraping metrics from ~20 services and infrastructure nodes.

Biggest pros/cons compared to other solutions?
Pros: dramatically lower memory and disk usage compared to Prometheus, single binary, fully PromQL-compatible, excellent documentation. Cons: the clustering mode and some advanced features are enterprise-only, though

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/awesome-foss/awesome-sysadmin/pull/720 **Author:** [@matthewvaishnav](https://github.com/matthewvaishnav) **Created:** 3/24/2026 **Status:** ✅ Merged **Merged:** 3/26/2026 **Merged by:** [@Technetium1](https://github.com/Technetium1) **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `add-victoriametrics` --- ### 📝 Commits (2) - [`ee647be`](https://github.com/awesome-foss/awesome-sysadmin/commit/ee647be2c701e7274f5af47e1a6b60e3997afb65) Add VictoriaMetrics to Metrics & Metric Collection - [`b89ef67`](https://github.com/awesome-foss/awesome-sysadmin/commit/b89ef679a61df1dbfa0fa2ee4fd1f5e55e79fd45) fix: add required blank spacing after VictoriaMetrics entry ### 📊 Changes **1 file changed** (+3 additions, -0 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `README.md` (+3 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description Hi maintainers, hope you're doing well! I noticed VictoriaMetrics is missing from the Metrics & Metric Collection section and thought it'd be a great addition. It's one of the most widely used tools in the Prometheus ecosystem — 16,500+ stars, production deployments at Grammarly, Roblox, Spotify and others, and it's a single binary with no external dependencies which sysadmins tend to love. Worth noting: VictoriaMetrics does have an Enterprise tier with a separate license, but both the single-node and cluster community editions are fully Apache-2.0 with no feature-gating on the core functionality. - [x] Your additions are Free software - [x] Software you are submitting is not your own - [x] Submit one item per pull request - [x] Format is correct (description under 250 chars, sentence case) - [x] Additions are inserted preserving alphabetical order - [x] Additions are not already listed at awesome-selfhosted - [x] The Language tag is the main server-side requirement - [x] You have searched the repository for any relevant issues or PRs, including closed ones - [x] Any category you are creating has the minimum requirement of 3 items - [x] Any software project you are adding to the list is actively maintained - [x] The pull request title is informative **Why is it awesome?** VictoriaMetrics is one of the most widely deployed open-source time series databases in the Prometheus ecosystem. It offers significantly better performance and compression than vanilla Prometheus, supports PromQL natively, and ships as a single binary with zero external dependencies — making it extremely straightforward to operate. **Have you used it? For how long?** Yes, approximately one year. **Is this in a personal or professional setup?** Both homelab monitoring and professional infrastructure observability. **How many devices/users/services/... do you manage with it?** Scraping metrics from ~20 services and infrastructure nodes. **Biggest pros/cons compared to other solutions?** Pros: dramatically lower memory and disk usage compared to Prometheus, single binary, fully PromQL-compatible, excellent documentation. Cons: the clustering mode and some advanced features are enterprise-only, though --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

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Reference: github-starred/awesome-sysadmin#5847