Prometheus

Monitoring and alerting toolkit

90
Project is healthy
Funding
Stable
Maintenance
Active
Contributors
Healthy
Bus Factor
Low risk
Metrics last updated: 6 days ago (2026-02-07)

Overview

Prometheus is an open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit originally built at SoundCloud. It is now a CNCF graduated project.

Importance

  • De facto standard for cloud-native monitoring
  • Foundation of observability stacks
  • Powers monitoring for Kubernetes ecosystems
  • Used by organizations worldwide

Key Features

  • Multi-dimensional data model
  • Flexible query language (PromQL)
  • Pull-based metrics collection
  • Built-in alerting

Sustainability

Prometheus is a CNCF graduated project with strong community and corporate support. It has a healthy contributor ecosystem and solid governance.

Dependencies

⬆️ Depends On (3)
OpenSSL 96
Go 88
Linux Kernel 88
Prometheus
containers
⬇️ Used By (1)
Loki 90

Dependency Chain

Upstream
OpenSSL → Go → Linux Kernel →
Prometheus
→ Loki
Downstream

Impact Analysis

3 Direct Dependencies
1 Dependent Projects
🔗 Middleware project

⚠️ Impact Risk: Changes to Prometheus could affect 1 downstream project.

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