--- title: Building an Open Source Observability Platform | daily.dev description: Enterprises need intelligent APM and observability tools to ensure the availability and performance of their IT infrastructure. Observability is the ability to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/building-an-open-source-observability-platform-ndrc4ejbc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Building an Open Source Observability Platform | daily.dev og:description: Enterprises need intelligent APM and observability tools to ensure the availability and performance of their IT infrastructure. Observability is the ability to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/building-an-open-source-observability-platform-ndrc4ejbc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NdRc4eJBc.png og:image:alt: Building an Open Source Observability Platform og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Building an Open Source Observability Platform **[DevOps.com](https://daily.dev/sources/devops)** · 5 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Enterprises need intelligent APM and observability tools to ensure the availability and performance of their IT infrastructure. Observability is the ability to collect data about distributed applications and infrastructure. The market for observability tools is expected to grow significantly. The use of multiple observability tools can be challenging. Open-source observability platforms offer cost-effectiveness and customization. The OpenTelemetry framework and LGTM technology stack are popular choices for implementing open-source observability and monitoring. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#observability](https://daily.dev/tags/observability), [#apm](https://daily.dev/tags/apm) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/building-an-open-source-observability-platform-ndrc4ejbc) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Building an Open Source Observability Platform","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-an-open-source-observability-platform-ndrc4ejbc","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-an-open-source-observability-platform-ndrc4ejbc"},"datePublished":"2024-03-28T12:31:59.937Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z","description":"Enterprises need intelligent APM and observability tools to ensure the availability and performance of their IT infrastructure. Observability is the ability to...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/afc35e577a2a48eb9bf8320608ac0828?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/afc35e577a2a48eb9bf8320608ac0828?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"DevOps.com","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"DevOps.com","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/db8f2265cff0416c878c6e7e92bb8715","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/devops"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-an-open-source-observability-platform-ndrc4ejbc","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,observability,apm","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DevOps.com","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devops"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Building an Open Source Observability Platform"}]} ```