Integrations

The mission of OpenTelemetry is to enable effective observability by making high-quality, portable telemetry ubiquitous. In other words, observability should be built in into the software you develop.

While external instrumentation through zero code instrumentation solutions and instrumentation libraries provide a convenient way to make your application observable, we believe that ultimately all applications should either integrate the OpenTelemetry APIs and SDKs directly for native telemetry, or provide a first-party plugin that fits into the ecosystem of the given software.

This page contains a sample of libraries, services, and apps providing native instrumentation or first class plugins.

Libraries

Native library instrumentation with OpenTelemetry provides better observability and developer experience for users, removing the need for libraries to expose and document hooks. Below you will find a list of libraries that use the OpenTelemetry API to provide out of the box observability.

Applications and Services

The following list contains a sample of libraries, services, and apps that have either integrated OpenTelemetry APIs and SDKs directly for native telemetry or provide a first-party plugin that fits into their own extensibility ecosystem.

Open source projects (OSS) are at the beginning of the list, and commercial projects follow. Projects which are part of the CNCF have a CNCF logo beside their name.

Name1	OSS	Component	Learn more
BuildKit	Yes	Go	docs.docker.com/build/building/opentelemetry/
buildx	Yes	Go	docs.docker.com/build/building/opentelemetry/
Cloud Foundry	Yes	Collector	github.com/cloudfoundry/cf-deployment/blob/main/operations/experimental/add-otel-collector.yml
containerd	Yes	Go	github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/main/docs/tracing.md
Cortex	Yes	Go	cortexmetrics.io/docs/guides/tracing/#opentelemetry
CRI-O	Yes	Go	github.com/cri-o/cri-o/blob/main/docs/crio.conf.5.md#criotracing-table
Dapr	Yes	Go	docs.dapr.io/operations/observability/tracing/otel-collector/open-telemetry-collector/
Distributed tracing of Checkmk with OpenTelemetry	Yes	Python	checkmk.com/werk/16565
Envoy Proxy	Yes	C++	www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/start/sandboxes/opentelemetry
Flipt	Yes	Go	www.flipt.io/docs/configuration/observability#tracing
Fluent CI Engine	Yes	Rust	github.com/fluentci-io/fluentci-engine#-opentelemetry-tracing
Harbor	Yes	Go	goharbor.io/docs/edge/administration/distributed-tracing/
Istio	Yes	Go	istio.io/latest/docs/tasks/observability/distributed-tracing/opentelemetry/
Jaeger	Yes	Go	www.jaegertracing.io/docs/1.60/monitoring/#traces
KEDA	Yes	Go	keda.sh/docs/latest/operate/opentelemetry/
Knative	Yes	Go	knative.dev/docs/eventing/observability/metrics/collecting-metrics/#about-opentelemetry
Kong API Gateway	Yes		docs.konghq.com/hub/kong-inc/opentelemetry/
Kubewarden	Yes	Rust	docs.kubewarden.io/howtos/telemetry/opentelemetry-qs
Kuma	Yes	Go	kuma.io/docs/2.7.x/guides/otel-metrics/
Kyverno	Yes	Go	kyverno.io/docs/monitoring/opentelemetry/
Microcks	Yes	Java	microcks.io/documentation/explanations/monitoring/
Open Policy Agent	Yes	Go	www.openpolicyagent.org/docs/latest/monitoring/#opentelemetry
OpenFeature flagd	Yes	Go	flagd.dev/reference/monitoring/#opentelemetry
OpenFGA	Yes	Go	openfga.dev/docs/getting-started/setup-openfga/configure-openfga#telemetry
Otterize network mapper	Yes	Go	docs.otterize.com/reference/configuration/network-mapper/helm-chart#opentelemetry-exporter-parameters
RoadRunner PHP application server	Yes	Go	docs.roadrunner.dev/docs/logging-and-observability/otel
rustup	Yes	Rust	rust-lang.github.io/rustup/dev-guide/tracing.html
Strimzi	Yes	Java	strimzi.io/docs/operators/latest/deploying#assembly-distributed-tracing-str
Thanos	Yes	Go	thanos.io/tip/thanos/tracing.md/#opentelemetry-otlp
Traces For Kubernetes System Components	Yes	Go	kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/system-traces/
Tracing ClickHouse with OpenTelemetry	Yes	C++	clickhouse.com/docs/en/operations/opentelemetry
Tyk API Gateway	Yes	Go	tyk.io/docs/product-stack/tyk-gateway/advanced-configurations/distributed-tracing/open-telemetry/open-telemetry-overview/
APIContext	No	Python	docs.apimetrics.io/docs/export-with-opentelemetry
Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)	No	Python	developer.cisco.com/docs/nso/#!observability-exporter/
Kong Mesh	No	Go	docs.konghq.com/mesh/latest/guides/otel-metrics/
MATLAB Interface to OpenTelemetry	No	C++	www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/130979-opentelemetry-matlab
MySQL Enterprise Server	No	C++	dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/telemetry-trace.html
ThousandEyes for OpenTelemetry	No	Collector	docs.thousandeyes.com/product-documentation/api/opentelemetry
Traefik Hub API Management	No	Go	doc.traefik.io/traefik-hub/operations/metrics

How to add your integration

To have your library, service, or app listed, submit a PR with an entry added to the registry. The entry should include the following:

• Link to the main page of your library, service, or app
• Link to the documentation that explains how enable observability using OpenTelemetry