Grafana Project Structure
The open-source platform for monitoring and observability. Grafana features a highly optimized Go backend for data processing and a rich, interactive React frontend, all managed within a professional monorepo structure.
Updated 2025-12-30
Project Directory
Repository Info
- Repository-grafana/grafana
- Stars-65k+
- License-AGPL-3.0
- Last Analyzed-December 2025
Tech Stack
- Backend-Go (Golang)
- Frontend-React
- Language-TypeScript / Go
- State-Redux & React Query
- Data Sources-Prometheus, Loki, InfluxDB, etc.
Architecture Notes
Grafana's architecture is built for high concurrency and performance. The Go backend (pkg/) handles complex data source aggregation and dashboard management with minimal overhead. On the frontend, Grafana uses a sophisticated plugin architecture that allows developers to add new visualizations and data sources dynamically. They maintain a strict boundary between core logic and UI components by extracting shared logic into internal @grafana/ packages, which ensures consistency across their massive application.
Key Directories
- pkg/-The central Go-based engine that powers data ingestion and API services
- public/app/-A high-performance React application designed for real-time data visualization
- packages/-Reusable TypeScript libraries that define the design system and data protocols
- conf/-Essential configuration files that control every aspect of the Grafana server
Why This Structure?
Grafana is the gold standard for Go and React monorepos. It demonstrates how to build a world-class platform that is both extremely performant and highly extensible. It's a must-study for anyone building dashboarding tools or complex data-driven platforms.