OpenObserve
A highly efficient and cost-effective alternative to Elasticsearch, Splunk, and Datadog, designed for handling logs, metrics, traces, Real User Monitoring, error tracking, and session replay at a petabyte scale.
OpenObserve is built in TypeScript, distributed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0, 18.5k GitHub stars from 100 contributors, latest release v0.80.0-rc3.
When to use OpenObserve
OpenObserve is listed here as a Analytics project. The directory calls out High performance, Cost-effective storage, Scalable to petabyte levels as capabilities associated with it.
Other recorded traits for OpenObserve include Supports logs, metrics, and traces, Real User Monitoring (RUM), Error tracking and session replay.
Besides Analytics, this page also files OpenObserve under Monitoring, DevOps, Performance.
OpenObserve compared with
Records in this directory name Elasticsearch, Splunk, Datadog, Grafana as products people compare with OpenObserve. That list is editorial metadata, not a claim that OpenObserve replaces each of them.
What the OpenObserve stats reflect
GitHub currently shows 18.5k GitHub stars, about 100 contributors, 783 forks, 638 open issues, latest tracked release v0.80.0-rc3. Star and activity counts here are a snapshot used as a proxy for community adoption, not a quality score.
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- Language
- TypeScript
- Latest Release
- v0.80.0-rc3
- License
- GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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Key features of OpenObserve
- High performance
- Cost-effective storage
- Scalable to petabyte levels
- Supports logs, metrics, and traces
- Real User Monitoring (RUM)
- Error tracking and session replay
Recorded alternatives to OpenObserve
OpenObserve resources
OpenObserve on GitHub
Frequently asked questions
What is OpenObserve?
A highly efficient and cost-effective alternative to Elasticsearch, Splunk, and Datadog, designed for handling logs, metrics, traces, Real User Monitoring, error tracking, and session replay at a petabyte scale. This directory highlights High performance, Cost-effective storage, Scalable to petabyte levels.
Is OpenObserve free to use?
OpenObserve is published as open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. The directory lists High performance, Cost-effective storage, Scalable to petabyte levels among its recorded capabilities.
What language is OpenObserve written in, and what is the latest release?
OpenObserve is written primarily in TypeScript. The latest release tracked on this page is v0.80.0-rc3.
How widely is OpenObserve used on GitHub?
OpenObserve has about 18.5k GitHub stars across about 100 contributors. It also has about 783 forks. Those counts are a snapshot of community attention, not a ranking of quality.
What do people compare OpenObserve with?
This directory records Elasticsearch, Splunk, Datadog, Grafana as comparison points for OpenObserve.
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