VictoriaLogs
Fast and easy to use database for logs, which can efficiently handle terabytes of logs
Runssource: GitHubhomepageGoApache-2.0commit bd02ecb1a13f
Go, Apache-2.0 licensed. The project labels itself: elasticsearch, grafana, kubernetes, logging, logs, loki, observability and opentelemetry.
VictoriaLogs runs. An Argusic agent installed it in 1 minute and hit no errors on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
VictoriaLogs builds from source, starts as a daemon listening on port 9428, serves HTTP 200 on its root endpoint with correct metadata, and all 17 test suites pass cleanly with zero failures.
What the agent ended up with on a clean machine, in its own words. How this is measured
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 100 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page, refreshed . Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
What was measured
From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.
- Install time
- 1 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 9 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 0 hit, 0 fixed with no human help
- How the result was proved
- make victoria-logs exited 0 (binary at bin/victoria-logs); make vlogscli exited 0; ./bin/victoria-logs -httpListenAddr=:9428 started and logged 'started server at http://0.0.0.0:9428/'; curl http://localhost:9428/ returned HTTP 200 with 'Version victoria-logs-20261003-192157--dirty-da39a3ee'; make test exited 0 with 11 test packages passing (lib/logstorage, lib/prefixfilter, app/vlagent/filecollector, app/vlagent/kubernetescollector, app/vlagent/remotewrite, app/vlagent/tail, app/vlinsert/datadog, app/vlinsert/elasticsearch, app/vlinsert/insertutil, app/vlinsert/journald, app/vlinsert/jsonline, app/vlinsert/loki, app/vlinsert/opentelemetry, app/vlinsert/splunk, app/vlinsert/syslog, app/vlselect/logsql, app/vlstorage/netinsert)
- Model tokens used
- 96,553
- Exact commit tested
- bd02ecb1a13f
- Container image
- sha256:cdd920bce783
What was not measured
The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.
- Peak GPU memory
- this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
- Behaviour over a long run
- each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
wait %1 2>/dev/null' in /work/repo 2026-10-03T19:24:01.086384Z ERROR codex_core::tools::router: error=exec_command failed: CreateProce… exec /bin/sh -lc 'kill %1 2>/dev/null; wait %1 2>/dev/null; echo "done"' in /work/repo succeeded in 0ms: done Everything works. Here's the final report: 2026-10-03T19:24:17.730109Z ERROR codex_core::session: failed to record rollout items: thread 01a10… 2026-10-03T19:24:17.730331Z ERROR codex_core::session: failed to record rollout items: thread 01a10… tokens used 96,553 Everything works. Here's the final report:
Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.
How it was tested
One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.
Strengths and limits
Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.
What went well
- Reached a running state on a clean machine, with the session recorded.
- Installed in 1 minute, faster than the median of the 3 comparable projects Argusic has measured.
- Nothing broke on the way: zero errors between clone and running.
- Ran without a GPU, so it does not need one to start.
- Licensed Apache-2.0, as reported by its host.
What did not, or is not known
- Measured once so far. A single attempt shows it can run, not that it runs reliably.
Of the 4 elasticsearch projects Argusic has installed and timed, VictoriaLogs was the 2nd fastest to reach a running state, and 4 of 4 reached one at all.
What it is a reasonable choice for
- Trying it on a laptop or a small server: it reached a running state without a GPU.
- A quick evaluation: it was running 1 minutes after the clone.
- Following its own README: the documented path worked with nothing to fix.
Also tested, in the same area
Every one of these was installed and run by Argusic on a clean machine. Nothing appears here that was not tested.
Run history
Topics (from GitHub)
elasticsearchgrafanakuberneteslogginglogslokiobservabilityopentelemetrysiem
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[](https://argusic.com/subject/victorialogs)Questions
- Does VictoriaLogs run?
- Yes. VictoriaLogs runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 1 minutes, hitting 0 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test VictoriaLogs?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit bd02ecb1a13f. One attempt is recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test VictoriaLogs?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.07: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does VictoriaLogs take to install?
- 1 minute in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.
- Does VictoriaLogs need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing VictoriaLogs?
- Nothing did, in the recorded run: zero errors between clone and running.
- How does VictoriaLogs compare with the alternatives?
- Of the 4 elasticsearch projects Argusic has installed and timed, VictoriaLogs was the 2nd fastest to reach a running state, and 4 of 4 reached one at all.
- Where is the evidence for VictoriaLogs?
- The recorded run is on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.