Prometheus
97 · HealthyMetrics collection and time series database with its own query language (PromQL) and alerting rules.
8 open source projects replace New Relic, ranked by how safe each is to depend on.
Metrics collection and time series database with its own query language (PromQL) and alerting rules.
OpenTelemetry-native observability with logs, metrics and traces in one app.
Observability on ClickHouse that links session replays, logs, metrics, traces and errors in one search.
Dashboards and alerting over metrics, logs and traces from Prometheus, Loki, SQL databases and many other sources.
Per-second infrastructure monitoring agent with auto-discovered metrics, dashboards and anomaly detection.
Application performance monitoring with distributed tracing, service maps and metrics for microservices.
eBPF-based observability that collects metrics, logs, traces and profiles without code changes and suggests root causes.
OpenTelemetry APM for traces, metrics and logs, stored in ClickHouse.






Health and license are separate verdicts: a project can be well maintained and still not be open source.
| Project | Health | License | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prometheus | 97 · Healthy | Free to useApache-2.0 | 66k |
| SigNoz | 92 · Healthy | Free core, paid extrasMIT | 32k |
| HyperDX | 91 · Healthy | Free to useMIT | 9.9k |
| Grafana | 90 · Healthy | Free, share hosted changesAGPL-3.0Relicensed 2021 | 77k |
| Netdata | 86 · Healthy | Free core, paid extrasGPL-3.0 | 81k |
| Apache SkyWalking | 78 · Stable | Free to useApache-2.0 | 25k |
| Coroot | 65 · Stable | Free to useApache-2.0 | 8.0k |
| Uptrace | 65 · Stable | Free, share hosted changesAGPL-3.0 | 4.3k |
New Relic is a paid monitoring & error tracking product. See all open source monitoring & error tracking tools, ranked the same way.
Scores last refreshed from GitHub on 9 October 2026. How we score.