A high-performance observability data pipeline.
Collects and ships the same sources, with its own transform language.
- Language
- Rust
- Licence
- MPL-2.0
- Stars
- 23k
- Latest
- vdev-v0.3.27
- Last push
- 2026-10-06
alternatives to
Fluentd
Fluentd: Unified Logging Layer (project under CNCF)
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| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vector | Full replacement | 23k | MPL-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Rust | vdev-v0.3.27 | 2026-10-06 |
| Fluent Bit | Full replacement | 8.1k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | C | v5.1.3 | 2026-10-06 |
| OpenTelemetry Collector | Partial | 7.6k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v0.162.0 | 2026-10-06 |
Every alternative
3 alternatives
Fast and Lightweight Logs, Metrics and Traces processor for Linux, BSD, OSX and Windows
From the same project, written in C with a much smaller footprint.
- Language
- C
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 8.1k
- Latest
- v5.1.3
- Last push
- 2026-10-06
OpenTelemetry Collector
Receives, processes and exports logs, metrics and traces in the OpenTelemetry format.
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 7.6k
- Latest
- v0.162.0
- Last push
- 2026-10-06
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About Fluentd
- Language
- Ruby
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 14k
- Last push
- 2026-10-06