open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-contrib
Collection of extensions for OpenTelemetry-Go. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 87
- 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: 34.5
- age_days: 2385
- days_rel: 7
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 17
Adoption not part of the score
1664 stars · 824 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A collection of third-party extensions, instrumentation packages, propagators, detectors, exporters, samplers, bridges, and processors for OpenTelemetry-Go. It lets Go applications integrate OpenTelemetry tracing, metrics, and logs with popular frameworks, libraries, and cloud environments.
Use cases
- instrument a Go HTTP server or gRPC service with OpenTelemetry tracing
- export Go application traces and metrics to Jaeger or Prometheus
- auto-instrument popular Go libraries like net/http, gin, or database drivers
- detect cloud provider resource metadata for telemetry attribution
- bridge existing Go logging frameworks into OpenTelemetry logs
- propagate trace context across services using custom propagation formats
When to choose
- you are building Go services and want vendor-neutral distributed tracing and metrics
- you need instrumentation for third-party Go libraries without writing it yourself
- you want to export telemetry to multiple observability backends without code changes
When to avoid
- your project is not written in Go
- you need the core OpenTelemetry API/SDK itself rather than extensions
- you need zero-code agent-based instrumentation rather than library-level instrumentation
Facets
library · maturity active
tracing monitoring logging middleware monitoring developer-tools microservices go windows cross-platform opentelemetry observability telemetry distributed-tracing metrics instrumentation-libraries cnfc instrumentation devops linux macos
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-contrib · fetched 2026-08-28 · 82e31efec672
- homepage: https://opentelemetry.io/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 51756d27c4f1
- 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/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/concepts/instrumentation/zero-code · fetched 2026-08-29 · c811260b8c51
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-contrib | main | 95 |
For agents
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Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem