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InfluxDB 3 Explorer is the standalone web application designed for visualizing, querying, and managing your data stored in InfluxDB 3 Core and Enterprise. Explorer provides an intuitive interface for interacting with your time series data, streamlining database operations and enhancing data insights.

Key features

Use InfluxDB 3 Explorer for:

  • Database management: Create and manage InfluxDB 3 instances, databases, tokens, plugins, and more
  • Data visualization and analysis: Query data with a built-in visualizer for enhanced data insights
  • Data ingestion: Write new data and setup Telegraf configurations

Quick start

Run the Docker image to start InfluxDB 3 Explorer:

# Pull the Docker image
docker pull influxdata/influxdb3-ui

# Run the Docker container
docker run --detach \
  --name influxdb3-explorer \
  --publish 8888:80 \
  --publish 8889:8888 \
  influxdata/influxdb3-ui \
  --mode=admin

# Visit http://localhost:8888 in your browser to begin using InfluxDB 3 Explorer

For installation and configuration options, see Install and run InfluxDB 3 Explorer. Get started using InfluxDB 3 Explorer


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New in InfluxDB 3.5

Key enhancements in InfluxDB 3.5 and the InfluxDB 3 Explorer 1.3.

See the Blog Post

InfluxDB 3.5 is now available for both Core and Enterprise, introducing custom plugin repository support, enhanced operational visibility with queryable CLI parameters and manual node management, stronger security controls, and general performance improvements.

InfluxDB 3 Explorer 1.3 brings powerful new capabilities including Dashboards (beta) for saving and organizing your favorite queries, and cache querying for instant access to Last Value and Distinct Value caches—making Explorer a more comprehensive workspace for time series monitoring and analysis.

For more information, check out:

InfluxDB Docker latest tag changing to InfluxDB 3 Core

On February 3, 2026, the latest tag for InfluxDB Docker images will point to InfluxDB 3 Core. To avoid unexpected upgrades, use specific version tags in your Docker deployments.

If using Docker to install and run InfluxDB, the latest tag will point to InfluxDB 3 Core. To avoid unexpected upgrades, use specific version tags in your Docker deployments. For example, if using Docker to run InfluxDB v2, replace the latest version tag with a specific version tag in your Docker pull command–for example:

docker pull influxdb:2