Monitoring APM / Tracing mature
Jaeger
Distributed tracing system
21.0K stars
300 contributors
Since 2020
Distributed tracing system
License
Apache-2.0
Min RAM
1 GB
Min CPUs
1 core
Scaling
single_node
Complexity
intermediate
Performance
medium
Self-hostable
✓
K8s native
✓
Offline
✕
Pricing
fully free
Docs quality
good
Vendor lock-in
none
Use cases
- ✓ Primary: distributed-tracing
- ✓ Primary: latency-analysis
- ✓ Primary: dependency-mapping
Anti-patterns / when NOT to use
- ✕ Tracing only - no metrics or logs
- ✕ Needs storage backend
- ✕ UI less polished than commercial tools
Complements
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Technical specs
Language
Go
API type
REST
Protocols
HTTP
Deployment
dockerbinary
Community
GitHub stars 21.0K
Contributors 300
Commit frequency weekly
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing CNCF
Funding foundation
Release
Latest version
— Last release —
Since 2020
Best fit
Team size
smallmediumenterprise
Industries
general