# open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib

Contrib repository for the OpenTelemetry Collector

Repository: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/opentelemetry-collector-contrib
Homepage: https://opentelemetry.io
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: opentelemetry, open-telemetry
Last push: 2026-08-26T22:15:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2610, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 16, "gap_med": 13.0, "n_releases_24m": 53}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4887, forks 3834 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:01.879339+00:00)

## What it is
The contrib repository for the OpenTelemetry Collector, containing 200+ vendor-neutral components (receivers, processors, exporters) for receiving, processing, and exporting telemetry data such as traces, metrics, and logs. It is a Go-based pipeline service deployable as an agent or gateway in cloud-native environments.

## Use cases
- collect and forward traces metrics and logs to any observability backend
- run a telemetry pipeline agent on kubernetes
- parse and transform logs from files before exporting
- route telemetry data to multiple vendors without vendor lock-in
- scrape prometheus metrics and export to otlp
- build a self-hosted observability data gateway
- tail application logs and ship them to a backend

## When to choose
- you need a vendor-neutral way to receive, process, and export traces, metrics, or logs
- you want to switch observability backends without changing application instrumentation
- you need to deploy a telemetry agent or gateway at scale in cloud-native environments
- you need receivers or exporters for many data sources and formats

## When to avoid
- you need an observability backend with storage and visualization - the collector only moves and processes data
- you only need a single vendor's agent with no custom pipeline
- you want a minimal core collector without the extra contrib components

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: tracing, monitoring, logging, etl, middleware
- domain: monitoring, cloud-computing, microservices
- platform: windows, go, self-hosted, cloud
- tags: opentelemetry, telemetry, collector, observability, traces, metrics, logs, otlp, vendor-neutral, receivers, exporters, processors, devops, linux, macos, docker, kubernetes

## Member repositories
- open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:01.879339+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:18:13.556907+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:01.879339+00:00, sha ff9e0f010869)
  - homepage: https://opentelemetry.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:38.321273+00:00, sha 51756d27c4f1)
  - site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:38.323887+00:00, sha 06566227bba9)
  - site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/what-is-opentelemetry (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:38.325623+00:00, sha dd58475f7d30)
  - site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/demo (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:38.327598+00:00, sha 03a34a004b8f)
  - site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/signals/traces (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:38.329395+00:00, sha 123b7f8bc630)
  - site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/signals/metrics (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:38.331500+00:00, sha 5fe9fc342c92)
  - site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/signals/logs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:38.333444+00:00, sha 126e1fa6c0a2)
  - site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/signals/baggage (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:38.335222+00:00, sha fc18d0d07d4b)
  - site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/instrumentation/zero-code (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:38.336809+00:00, sha c811260b8c51)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.