grafana/beyla
eBPF-based autoinstrumentation of web applications and network metrics observed · 2026-10-15
Health v2 · maintenance only
94/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 86
- Longevity 95
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 5.0
- age_days: 1338
- days_rel: 15
- days_push: 6
- n_releases_24m: 85
Adoption not part of the score
2146 stars · 204 forks observed · 2026-10-15
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Grafana Beyla is an open-source, eBPF-based auto-instrumentation tool that captures RED metrics and trace spans for HTTP/S and gRPC services without any code or configuration changes. It has been donated to CNCF as OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI), with Beyla continuing as Grafana's distribution.
Use cases
- instrument microservices with traces without modifying code
- collect RED metrics for HTTP and gRPC services
- add observability to polyglot fleets across Go, Java, Python, NodeJS, Ruby, .NET, Rust
- get started with OpenTelemetry quickly
- monitor service latency, errors, and request rates via eBPF
When to choose
- you want zero-code instrumentation across many languages
- you cannot modify application code or add language agents
- you run Linux services and want low-overhead metrics and traces
- you use the Grafana LGTM stack or OpenTelemetry backends
When to avoid
- you need deep language-level spans requiring manual tracepoints
- your workloads run on non-Linux kernels without eBPF support
- you need full OpenTelemetry SDK features like custom attributes or baggage
Facets
application · maturity active
monitoring tracing monitoring apis self-hosted ebpf opentelemetry auto-instrumentation red-metrics prometheus grpc zero-code-instrumentation metrics-gathering devops linux docker kubernetes
9 sources
- readme: https://github.com/grafana/beyla · fetched 2026-10-15 · fcee75a2f1f2
- homepage: https://grafana.com/oss/beyla-ebpf/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · fe8e74e70cb5
- site_page: https://grafana.com/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 882a3fe34bf0
- site_page: https://grafana.com/docs/beyla/latest?pg=oss-beyla&plcmt=hero-btn-1 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 385cba4ab74a
- site_page: https://grafana.com/docs/beyla?pg=oss-beyla&plcmt=resources · fetched 2026-08-29 · ae3a04c52dfc
- site_page: https://grafana.com/integrations · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3210cff6224b
- site_page: https://grafana.com/integrations/cloud-monitoring-aws · fetched 2026-08-29 · 51561815b31e
- site_page: https://grafana.com/integrations/cloud-monitoring-google-cloud · fetched 2026-08-29 · a3665a5d81bf
- site_page: https://grafana.com/pricing · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6097ce127c08
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| grafana/beyla | main | 94 |
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