open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp
The OpenTelemetry C++ Client observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
93/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 81
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 57
- age_days: 2630
- days_rel: 48
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 12
Adoption not part of the score
1357 stars · 617 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
The official OpenTelemetry C++ client providing APIs and SDKs for distributed tracing, metrics, and logs. It enables vendor-neutral instrumentation of C++ applications with export to any observability backend.
Use cases
- instrument a C++ service with distributed traces
- collect metrics from a C++ application
- add structured logging with trace correlation in C++
- export telemetry to Jaeger or Prometheus from C++
- propagate trace context across microservices written in C++
- avoid vendor lock-in when instrumenting native applications
When to choose
- you need OpenTelemetry instrumentation in a C++14-or-later codebase
- you want vendor-neutral traces, metrics, and logs with a stable SDK
- you build cross-platform native services on Linux, macOS, or Windows
When to avoid
- you need a C (not C++) API
- you need zero-code auto-instrumentation, which is not offered for C++
- your stack is in a language with a more mature OTel SDK like Go, Java, or Python
Facets
library · maturity stable
monitoring tracing logging sdk monitoring microservices developer-tools windows cpp cross-platform opentelemetry distributed-tracing metrics telemetry observability otlp devops linux macos
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp · fetched 2026-08-28 · bf46cb331443
- homepage: https://opentelemetry.io/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 51756d27c4f1
- site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/signals/logs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 126e1fa6c0a2
- site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/signals/baggage · fetched 2026-08-29 · fc18d0d07d4b
- site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 06566227bba9
- site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/what-is-opentelemetry · fetched 2026-08-29 · dd58475f7d30
- site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/demo · fetched 2026-08-29 · 03a34a004b8f
- site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/signals/traces · fetched 2026-08-29 · 123b7f8bc630
- site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/signals/metrics · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5fe9fc342c92
- site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/instrumentation/zero-code · fetched 2026-08-29 · c811260b8c51
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp | main | 93 |
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