By highlighting community contributions and making Grafana’s features easier to explore, the redesigned Grafana Play homepage invites everyone — from beginners to observability experts — to discover, share, and play.

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Grafana Play, a free sandbox environment for exploring Grafana, has launched a redesigned homepage that emphasizes community contributions and makes features more discoverable. The update includes new sections like Featured Grafana Contributor, Dashboard of the Month, and Play Launchpad with Grafana Arcade games. The redesign uses existing visualization plugins and aims to create a more welcoming, playful experience while highlighting creative dashboards from the community. Future plans include adding a full demo of the LGTM Stack (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir).

Grafana Play updates: A redesigned homepage to celebrate our community

What’s new in the Grafana Play homepage