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Grafana Beyla

Zero-code eBPF auto-instrumentation for application metrics

Monitoring & Status ★ 2.1k stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

Beyla is an eBPF-based tool that automatically instruments applications to produce metrics and traces without any code changes. It exports data in Prometheus and OpenTelemetry formats for existing observability stacks.

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Key features

  • eBPF auto-instrumentation
  • No code changes needed
  • Prometheus metrics export
  • OpenTelemetry traces

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Instrument without code
  • Low overhead

Trade-offs

  • Requires modern kernel
  • Limited language depth

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