Jaeger
CNCF Jaeger, a Distributed Tracing Platform observed · 2026-10-19
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 28.5
- age_days: 3840
- days_rel: 14
- days_push: 2
- n_releases_24m: 25
Adoption not part of the score
23310 stars · 3177 forks observed · 2026-10-19
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-10-12, confidence 0.98
Jaeger is an open‑source, CNCF‑graduated distributed tracing platform for monitoring and troubleshooting complex microservice architectures. It collects, stores, and visualizes trace data from applications instrumented with OpenTelemetry or other tracing SDKs.
Use cases
- visualize request flows across microservices to find latency hotspots
- debug errors by tracing the exact path of a request through a distributed system
- analyze service dependencies and call graphs for architecture insight
- collect and store traces from OpenTelemetry‑instrumented applications
- monitor performance bottlenecks in real‑time dashboards
When to choose
- You need end‑to‑end request tracing for a cloud‑native, microservice‑based application
- You want a CNCF‑backed, production‑grade solution with multiple storage backends (e.g., ClickHouse, Elasticsearch)
- You already use OpenTelemetry and need a compatible collector and UI
When to avoid
- Your workload is low‑volume and simple logging is sufficient
- You prefer a lightweight, single‑binary logger without a UI
- You need a fully managed SaaS tracing service and do not want to self‑host
Facets
service · maturity active
monitoring logging tracing monitoring microservices cloud self-hosted distributed-tracing opentelemetry cncf jaeger microservices clickhouse helm linux docker kubernetes
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger · fetched 2026-10-19 · 37025393220e
- homepage: https://www.jaegertracing.io/ · fetched 2026-09-28 · ddac3257fc90
- site_page: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/latest · fetched 2026-09-28 · b27adc353f84
- site_page: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/2.20/getting-started · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6216f8da5382
- site_page: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/2.21/getting-started · fetched 2026-09-28 · 7143e1239f52
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| jaegertracing/jaeger | main | 99 |
| jaegertracing/jaeger-ui | frontend | 99 |
| jaegertracing/jaeger-client-go | sdk | 10 |
| jaegertracing/jaeger-operator | infra | 10 |
| jaegertracing/jaeger-client-java | sdk | 10 |
| jaegertracing/jaeger-kubernetes | infra | 10 |
| jaegertracing/helm-charts | infra | 100 |
| jaegertracing/jaeger-clickhouse | plugin | 45 |
| jaegertracing/spark-dependencies | backend | 84 |
| jaegertracing/jaeger-idl | infra | 98 |
| jaegertracing/docker-protobuf | infra | 54 |
| jaegertracing/documentation | docs | 76 |
| jaegertracing/jaeger-lib | infra | 10 |
| jaegertracing/jaeger-openshift | infra | 10 |
For agents
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