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Apache SkyWalking

APM and observability for cloud-native architectures

Monitoring & Status ★ 24.9k stars Hard setup Apache-2.0

Apache SkyWalking is an APM and observability platform for distributed systems, especially microservices and cloud-native architectures. It provides tracing, metrics, logging, and service topology analysis.

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Key features

  • Distributed tracing and metrics
  • Service topology maps
  • eBPF and OTel integration
  • Alerting engine

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Full observability suite
  • Strong Apache governance

Trade-offs

  • Steep learning curve
  • Storage backend required

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