apache/skywalking
APM, Application Performance Monitoring System observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
83/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 53
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 175
- age_days: 3952
- days_rel: 154
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
24931 stars · 6634 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Apache SkyWalking is an open-source APM (Application Performance Monitoring) platform for microservices, cloud-native, and container-based architectures, combining distributed tracing, metrics, logs, profiling, and alerting in one system. It supports agents for 10+ languages, eBPF-based Kubernetes monitoring, a native observability database (BanyanDB), and an AI assistant with MCP integration for natural-language observability queries.
Use cases
- monitor latency and errors across microservices
- trace a request end-to-end through a distributed system
- visualize service topology and dependencies
- collect and analyze metrics, logs, and traces with OpenTelemetry or Prometheus
- profile CPU and network performance of Kubernetes pods with eBPF
- set up alerting rules for services, deployments, and APIs
- monitor LLM/GenAI calls including tokens and cost
- query system health in natural language via an AI assistant
When to choose
- you need full-stack APM for cloud-native or microservices architectures
- you want tracing, metrics, and logs unified in one self-hosted platform
- you need agents for many languages (Java, Go, Python, NodeJS, .NET, PHP, Rust, etc.)
- you want to observe service meshes (Istio/Envoy), Kubernetes, or GenAI workloads
When to avoid
- you only need simple host/server monitoring without distributed tracing
- you want a fully managed SaaS APM without operating your own backend
- your stack is a single small application where a lightweight metrics tool suffices
Facets
application · maturity stable
monitoring tracing logging alerting data-visualization mcp monitoring cloud-computing microservices large-language-models windows self-hosted jvm apm observability distributed-tracing service-mesh ebpf opentelemetry prometheus banyandb profiling ai-assistant apache devops containers linux macos docker kubernetes web-server
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/apache/skywalking · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6b212cf45453
- homepage: https://skywalking.apache.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · cce98570b729
- site_page: https://skywalking.apache.org/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · e169675da162
- site_page: https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/skywalking-horizon-ui/next/operate/ai-assistant · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5eda6eb063d6
- site_page: https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/skywalking-horizon-ui/next/operate/mcp · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5d0a0754c87a
- site_page: https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/main/latest/en/concepts-and-designs/probe-introduction · fetched 2026-08-29 · a108f71e8535
- site_page: https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/main/latest/en/concepts-and-designs/mal · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5b1e2586deb3
- site_page: https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/main/latest/en/setup/backend/log-analyzer · fetched 2026-08-29 · 366cd07f198d
- site_page: https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/main/latest/en/concepts-and-designs/profiling · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2b7bb01b6e6a
- site_page: https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/main/latest/en/setup/service-agent/virtual-genai · fetched 2026-08-29 · e0d719161dc8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| apache/skywalking | main | 83 |
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