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On the recordRead 4 Oct 202613 facts
Thanos
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Open source
Free
Apache License 2.0 · no paid plans or usage limits stated
Read 4 Oct 2026 · thanos.io
On the record
- Dependencies
- The documented dependency is one or more Prometheus v2.2.1+ installations with persistent disk; object storage is optional.thanos.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Thanos runs in cloud-native and traditional environments, including Kubernetes and bare metal.thanos.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Downsampling
- Thanos can downsample historical data to speed queries over large time ranges and configure retention policies.thanos.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Global queries
- Thanos lets users query metrics across multiple Prometheus servers and clusters.thanos.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The integrations documentation describes StoreAPI connections, including Geras for OpenTSDB and a proxy for Prometheus remote read.thanos.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- License and origin
- Thanos is licensed under Apache License 2.0 and was founded by Improbable.thanos.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Production guidance
- The documentation does not recommend running Thanos on a single node in production because it is designed as a distributed system.thanos.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Prometheus compatibility
- Thanos is compatible with tools such as Grafana that support the Prometheus Query API.thanos.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Thanos is an open-source set of components for building highly available Prometheus setups with long-term storage.thanos.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Retention
- Thanos can use object storage to retain metrics for unlimited time.thanos.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- Thanos uses TLS by default for object storage communication, but its security policy says local metrics are not encrypted by Thanos and its HTTP APIs lack authorization or TLS support.thanos.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Storage providers
- The homepage lists GCP, S3, Azure, Swift, and Tencent COS as supported object storage options.thanos.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Support channels
- The project points users to its Slack community and GitHub issue tracker for contact and support.thanos.io · read 4 Oct 2026
