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Open-source cron job and background task monitoring service, written in Python & Django
10K starsJun 19, 2026 pushdevopsPythonDevOps
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A high-performance observability data pipeline.
22K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsRustObservability
$ npx skills add vectordotdev/vector#3
A fast, cross-platform build tool inspired by Make, designed for modern workflows.
16K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdevopsGoDevOps
$ npx skills add go-task/task#4
MicroK8s is a small, fast, single-package Kubernetes for datacenters and the edge.
9.3K starsJun 25, 2026 pushdevopsPythonKubernetes
$ npx skills add canonical/microk8s#5
Developer-first error tracking and performance monitoring
44K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdevopsPythonDevOps
$ npx skills add getsentry/sentry#6
Open source observability platform for logs, metrics, traces, frontend monitoring, pipelines and LLM observability. A sophisticated, simple and highly performant alternative to Datadog, Splunk, and Elasticsearch with 140x lower storage costs and single binary deployment.
19K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsTypeScriptObservability
$ npx skills add openobserve/openobserve#7
🐚 Python-powered shell. Full-featured, cross-platform and AI-friendly.
9.5K starsJun 19, 2026 pushdevopsPythonDevOps
$ npx skills add xonsh/xonsh#8
Git Server with CI/CD, Kanban, and Packages. Seamless integration. Unparalleled experience.
15K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsJavaCI/CD
$ npx skills add theonedev/onedev#9
Apache Doris is an easy-to-use, high performance and unified analytics database.
15K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsJavaObservability
$ npx skills add apache/doris#10
Prometheus Operator creates/configures/manages Prometheus clusters atop Kubernetes
9.9K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator#11
Jenkins automation server
25K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdevopsJavaDevOps
$ npx skills add jenkinsci/jenkins#12
Woodpecker is a simple, yet powerful CI/CD engine with great extensibility.
7.6K starsJul 30, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add woodpecker-ci/woodpecker#13
Best Practices on Recommendation Systems
22K starsJun 14, 2026 pushdevopsPythonKubernetes
$ npx skills add recommenders-team/recommenders#14
Open Source Alternative to Vercel, Netlify and Heroku.
36K starsJul 15, 2026 pushdevopsTypeScriptDevOps
$ npx skills add Dokploy/dokploy#15
Complete open-source monitoring and observability platform.
7.2K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsTypeScriptObservability
$ npx skills add OneUptime/oneuptime#16
Simple and flexible tool for managing secrets
22K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdevopsGoDevOps
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When should you switch?
Use an alternative when it has a clearer install path, higher trust score, fresher maintenance, or better platform fit for your current agent stack. Keep Dd Agent if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.
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