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Open source alternatives to New Relic

8 open source projects replace New Relic, ranked by how safe each is to depend on.

Prometheus

97 · Healthy

Metrics collection and time series database with its own query language (PromQL) and alerting rules.

Free to useApache-2.0★ 66kLast commit yesterday

SigNoz

92 · Healthy

OpenTelemetry-native observability with logs, metrics and traces in one app.

Free core, paid extrasMIT★ 32kLast commit today

HyperDX

91 · Healthy

Observability on ClickHouse that links session replays, logs, metrics, traces and errors in one search.

Free to useMIT★ 9.9kLast commit today

Grafana

90 · Healthy

Dashboards and alerting over metrics, logs and traces from Prometheus, Loki, SQL databases and many other sources.

Free, share hosted changesAGPL-3.0Relicensed 2021★ 77kLast commit today

Netdata

86 · Healthy

Per-second infrastructure monitoring agent with auto-discovered metrics, dashboards and anomaly detection.

Free core, paid extrasGPL-3.0★ 81kLast commit today

Apache SkyWalking

78 · Stable

Application performance monitoring with distributed tracing, service maps and metrics for microservices.

Free to useApache-2.0★ 25kLast commit yesterday

Coroot

65 · Stable

eBPF-based observability that collects metrics, logs, traces and profiles without code changes and suggests root causes.

Free to useApache-2.0★ 8.0kLast commit 3 days ago

Uptrace

65 · Stable

OpenTelemetry APM for traces, metrics and logs, stored in ClickHouse.

Free, share hosted changesAGPL-3.0★ 4.3kLast commit yesterday

At a glance

Health and license are separate verdicts: a project can be well maintained and still not be open source.

ProjectHealthLicenseStarsLast commit
Prometheus97 · HealthyFree to useApache-2.066kyesterday
SigNoz92 · HealthyFree core, paid extrasMIT32ktoday
HyperDX91 · HealthyFree to useMIT9.9ktoday
Grafana90 · HealthyFree, share hosted changesAGPL-3.0Relicensed 202177ktoday
Netdata86 · HealthyFree core, paid extrasGPL-3.081ktoday
Apache SkyWalking78 · StableFree to useApache-2.025kyesterday
Coroot65 · StableFree to useApache-2.08.0k3 days ago
Uptrace65 · StableFree, share hosted changesAGPL-3.04.3kyesterday

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