Grafana Alloy
Grafana Alloy is Grafana Labs’ distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector. It functions as an OTLP-compatible collector with built-in Prometheus optimizations and supports signals across metrics, logs, traces, and profiles. Designed as a “big tent” collector compatible with popular open source observability ecosystems, it includes enterprise-grade features for operating at scale in modern cloud native infrastructure.
Open SourceApache-2.0WebCLISelf-hosted
3.4kstars
674forks
4features
2019since
Overview
4 featuresGrafana Alloy is an Observability & monitoring project. Collecting, processing, and exporting observability signals (metrics, logs, traces, profiles) at cloud-native scale without vendor lock-in. It is built as an open-source project for devOps engineers. Grafana Alloy is open source under the Apache-2.0 license. It runs on the web and the command line, and it can be self-hosted.
Grafana Labs builds and maintains Grafana Alloy, and it first shipped in 2019. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 3.4k stars and 335 commits in the last 90 days. Among its 4 catalogued features are OpenTelemetry Collector, Prometheus Pipelines, and Metrics Logs Traces Profiles. It exposes integrations via a public API.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- OpenTelemetry Collector
- Prometheus Pipelines
- Metrics Logs Traces Profiles
- OTLP Compatible
Tags
opentelemetry-collectorprometheus-pipelinestelemetry-agentobservability-pipeline
Built with & integrations
Hosting
Vercel
Connectors
API
Runs on
BrowserCLISelf-hosted
Detected from
- Vercel
- x-vercel-id header · x-vercel-cache header
Trust & compliance
License
Apache-2.0
Verified signals
Indexing history
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Frequently asked questions about Grafana Alloy
- What does Grafana Alloy do?
- Collecting, processing, and exporting observability signals (metrics, logs, traces, profiles) at cloud-native scale without vendor lock-in. It is catalogued under Observability & monitoring on PulseGate.
- Who should use Grafana Alloy?
- Grafana Alloy is an open-source project built for devOps engineers.
- Is Grafana Alloy free?
- Yes — Grafana Alloy is open source under the Apache-2.0 license and free to use.
- What platforms does Grafana Alloy run on?
- Grafana Alloy runs on the web and the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
- Is Grafana Alloy still active?
- The GitHub repository shows 335 commits in the last 90 days.
- What projects are similar to Grafana Alloy?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include SQL Planner, clj-otel-api, and NiTO.SQL Plannerclj-otel-apiNiTO
- Who develops Grafana Alloy?
- Grafana Alloy is developed by Grafana Labs, based in the United States.
- How long has Grafana Alloy been around?
- Grafana Alloy first shipped in 2019.
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