Monitoring Telemetry stable
OpenTelemetry
Vendor-neutral observability framework for metrics, traces, and logs
30.0K stars
2.0K contributors
Since 2020
Vendor-neutral observability framework for metrics, traces, and logs
License
Apache-2.0
Min RAM
256 MB
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: observability-instrumentation
- ✓ Primary: vendor-neutral-telemetry
- ✓ Primary: auto-instrumentation
Anti-patterns / when NOT to use
- ✕ Not a backend — needs Jaeger/Prometheus/etc
- ✕ Auto-instrumentation quality varies by language
- ✕ Spec is complex
- ✕ Collector configuration can be tricky
Replaces / alternatives to
Technical specs
Language
Multi
API type
REST
Protocols
HTTP
Deployment
docker
Community
GitHub stars 30.0K
Contributors 2.0K
Commit frequency weekly
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing CNCF
Funding foundation
Release
Latest version
— Last release —
Since 2020
Best fit
Team size
smallmediumenterprise
Industries
general