Jaeger

Distributed tracing system

88
Project is healthy
Funding
Stable
Maintenance
Active
Contributors
Healthy
Bus Factor
Low risk
Metrics last updated: 6 days ago (2026-02-07)

Overview

Jaeger is an open-source, end-to-end distributed tracing system used for monitoring and troubleshooting microservices-based distributed systems.

Importance

  • CNCF graduated project
  • Powers distributed tracing
  • Foundation for observability
  • Critical for debugging microservices

Key Features

  • Distributed context propagation
  • Transaction monitoring
  • Root cause analysis
  • Service dependency analysis

Sustainability

Jaeger is a CNCF graduated project with strong community support and backing from Uber and others.

Dependencies

⬆️ Depends On (2)
Jaeger
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Dependency Chain

Upstream
Go Linux Kernel
Jaeger

Impact Analysis

2 Direct Dependencies
0 Dependent Projects
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