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Thanos vs Uptrace
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Thanos | Uptrace |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Go | Go |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Stars | 14k | 4.3k |
| Latest | v0.42.4 | v2.1.0-beta.8 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-08-13 |
| Release cadence | about 5 days between releases | about 20 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 30 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 0 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace Datadog. Alternatives to Datadog →
PartialThanosLong-term metrics storage only.
PartialUptraceAPM, logs and metrics from OpenTelemetry data, without Datadog's agents and integrations.
Thanos
- v0.42.42026-07-30Had to do another version release due to broken base image SHAs. No changes.
- v0.42.32026-07-29Fixes a small bug - like before now Receive on shutdown creates a new block and uploads it.
- v0.42.22026-07-17Had to do another version release due to broken base image SHAs. No changes.
- v0.42.12026-07-16This change fixes a small issue regarding timeouts in the Shipper component in the Receiver - we've accidentally set th…
- v0.42.02026-07-08The biggest new things in this release are, I think, Receive component's improvements regarding tenant's lifecycle hand…
Uptrace
- v2.1.0-beta.82026-08-13
- v2.1.0-beta.72026-06-05
- v2.1.0-beta.62026-05-25
- v2.0.32026-05-13
- v2.1.0-beta.52026-04-14
Thanos
✓ signed The latest release, v0.42.4, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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Uptrace
✓ signed The latest release, v2.1.0-beta.8, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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