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Zipkin is a distributed tracing system
17K starsApr 8, 2026 pushdevopsJavaObservability
$ npx skills add openzipkin/zipkinAlternatives
Micrometer alternatives for AI agents.
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An application observability facade for the most popular observability tools. Think SLF4J, but for observability.
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An agent component for the Java system
585 starsApr 14, 2026 pushdevopsJavaObservability
$ npx skills add megaease/easeagent#3
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$ npx skills add apache/skywalking#4
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$ npx skills add open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#5
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$ npx skills add grafana/mimir#6
Kubernetes integration with Spring Cloud Discovery Client, Configuration, etc...
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$ npx skills add spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes#7
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$ npx skills add apache/skywalking-java#8
High performance Java APM. Powered by ASM. Try it. Test it. If you feel its better, use it.
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$ npx skills add LinShunKang/MyPerf4J#9
Prometheus rule linter/validator
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$ npx skills add cloudflare/pint#10
A high-performance observability data pipeline.
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$ npx skills add vectordotdev/vector#11
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$ npx skills add thanos-io/thanos#12
Your window into all of your data
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$ npx skills add elastic/kibana#13
Quarkus: Supersonic Subatomic Java.
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$ npx skills add quarkusio/quarkus#14
Nightingale is to monitoring and alerting what Grafana is to visualization.
13K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoObservability
$ npx skills add ccfos/nightingale#15
OpenTelemetry Compile-Time Instrumentation for Golang
869 starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoObservability
$ npx skills add alibaba/loongsuite-go#16
Complete open-source monitoring and observability platform.
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$ npx skills add OneUptime/oneuptimeHow to choose
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 Micrometer if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.
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