Jaeger and OpenTracing - Key concepts, use-cases and alternatives

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  • jaeger

    CNCF Jaeger, a Distributed Tracing Platform

  • Jaeger is an active open-source project, while OpenTracing is no longer actively maintained as the project merged with OpenCensus to form OpenTelemetry

  • signoz

    SigNoz is an open-source observability platform native to OpenTelemetry with logs, traces and metrics in a single application. An open-source alternative to DataDog, NewRelic, etc. 🔥 🖥. 👉 Open source Application Performance Monitoring (APM) & Observability tool

  • OpenTracing has officially merged with another open-source project called OpenCensus to form OpenTelemetry, which is emerging as the world standard for creating and managing telemetry data. If you're looking for an open-source distributed tracing tool, your best option is SigNoz - a full-stack APM and observability tool.

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  • opentelemetry-specification

    Specifications for OpenTelemetry

  • OpenTracing is used for instrumenting application code for distributed tracing. It is now a part of OpenTelemetry, which is emerging as a world standard for generating and managing telemetry data.

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