OpenTelemetry

High-quality, ubiquitous, and portable telemetry to enable effective observability

OpenTelemetry was accepted to CNCF on May 7, 2019, moved to the Incubating maturity level on August 26, 2021, and then moved to the Graduated maturity level on May 11, 2026.

Project Insights

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Health Score

Excellent (88)

Total contributors

27,753

0% vs. previous year

Total contributing organizations

5,309

-12% vs. previous year

GitHub Stars

13,198

-4% vs. previous year

GitHub Forks

7,006

+19% vs. previous year

Software Value

$396.1M

First commit

April 24, 2017

OpenTelemetry case studies

Cloudchipr Client

Cloudchipr Client


40% cloud cost reduction

July 21, 2026

How a vector database platform cut cloud spend by 40% with Kubernetes, GitOps, and automated FinOps

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Infosys Ltd. Client

Infosys Ltd. Client


April 7, 2026

Establishing unified observability and governance across hybrid platforms with OpenTelemetry

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Recorded OpenTelemetry programs