open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js
OpenTelemetry JavaScript Client observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
93/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 82
- 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: 3
- age_days: 2673
- days_rel: 43
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 68
Adoption not part of the score
3446 stars · 1148 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
The official OpenTelemetry JavaScript API and SDK for instrumenting Node.js and browser applications to generate distributed traces, metrics, and logs. It is vendor-neutral, exporting telemetry to any observability backend such as Jaeger, Prometheus, or commercial vendors.
Use cases
- instrument a nodejs app with distributed tracing
- export metrics to prometheus from javascript
- correlate traces across microservices in typescript
- add observability to a browser frontend app
- auto-instrument express or http requests without code changes
- send logs and traces to jaeger from node
- avoid vendor lock-in for application telemetry
When to choose
- you need vendor-neutral traces, metrics, or logs in JavaScript or TypeScript
- you run microservices and need cross-service context propagation
- you want to switch observability backends without changing instrumentation code
When to avoid
- you need a full observability backend with storage and visualization - OpenTelemetry only generates and exports data
- you need a stable, fully-GA SDK for every signal; some JavaScript components remain beta
- you want zero-code instrumentation for runtimes other than Node.js
Facets
library · maturity active
tracing monitoring logging sdk middleware monitoring microservices developer-tools browser cross-platform cloud opentelemetry telemetry distributed-tracing metrics observability vendor-neutral otlp instrumentation devops nodejs web-server
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js · fetched 2026-08-28 · 8c1561682b02
- 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-js | main | 93 |
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