loki vs Grafana
loki is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by lexfrei. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Grafana is an MCP server published by grafana. Marketplaces we read that list it: 4 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Docker MCP Catalog, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-07. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  loki |  Grafana |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 5 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 19 Not marked · First seen |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: v2.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 490 Stars (GitHub): 3 646 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 19 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:9362bcf6aa0e Forks (GitHub): 490 Pulls (Docker Hub): 1 158 029 Stars (Docker Hub): 22 Stars (GitHub): 3 646 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | loki | Grafana |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 4 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 5 (worse) | 3 646 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 1 158 029 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 3 (worse) | 490 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-11-02 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (ghcr.io/lexfrei/mcp-loki) | Remote server or your machine |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 65 |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 0 | 7, secrets among them: 2 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | BSD-3-Clause | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/lexfrei/mcp-loki | github.com/grafana/mcp-grafana |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 5 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 23 h ago, requires authentication |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
loki
MCP server for querying Grafana Loki logs. Enables LLMs to execute LogQL queries, discover labels and their values, explore log series by selectors, and retrieve index statistics — all via the Model Context Protocol. Supports basic auth, bearer token, and multi-tenant (X-Scope-OrgID) authentication.
Grafana
An MCP server giving access to Grafana dashboards, data and more.
How to run each
loki As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install loki@claude-communityGrafana As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http mcp-grafana https://mcp.grafana.com/mcpRequires: GRAFANA_PASSWORD (secret), GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN (secret), GRAFANA_URL
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Grafana has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of loki publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only loki asks for
LOKI_URL
Only Grafana asks for
GRAFANA_API_KEY (secret)GRAFANA_EXTRA_HEADERSGRAFANA_FORWARD_HEADERSGRAFANA_ORG_IDGRAFANA_PASSWORD (secret)GRAFANA_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN (secret)GRAFANA_URLGRAFANA_USERNAME
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: loki · What it can do: Grafana · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.