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Grafana Alloy vs OpenTelemetry Collector
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| Fact | Grafana Alloy | OpenTelemetry Collector |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Go | Go |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Stars | 3.6k | 7.6k |
| Latest | v1.20.1 | v0.162.0 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | about 3 days between releases | about 13 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 69 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 66 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Grafana Alloy replaces OpenTelemetry Collector. Alternatives to OpenTelemetry Collector →
Full replacementDistribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector with Prometheus scraping and a programmable pipeline syntax.
Grafana Alloy
- v1.20.12026-09-28loki: Add the timestamp to batch size calculation [backport] (#7248) (3457a1c) (@grobinson-grafana)
- v1.20.02026-09-25discovery.hetzner: discovery.hetzner no longer exports the meta_hetzner_datacenter label for targets with role = "hclou…
- v1.20.0-rc.02026-09-22This is a release candidate and should be used for testing purposes only.pre-release
- v1.19.22026-08-26windows: Statically link Windows builds to fix missing DLL errors on startup [backport] (#6976) (761e349) (@blewis12)
- untagged-ce745838f1ebd9f128d42026-08-26v1.19.1
Grafana Alloy
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OpenTelemetry Collector
✓ signed The latest release, v0.162.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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