OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib
The community distribution of the Collector, carrying the long tail of receivers, processors and exporters for specific vendors and systems.
Specifications it implements
What this tool does to each specification, in the role vocabulary. Follow a standard through to standards.apievangelist.com for what it actually specifies.
| Standard | Role | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| OpenTelemetry / OTLP | instruments |
- Interfaces
containercli- Consumes
- otlp, prometheus, jaeger, zipkin
- Emits
- otlp
- Runtime
- Runs offline Non-deterministic Read-only Needs credentials
Where it applies
Jobs this tool actually does, and the surface each one is exercised on.
- Website
- https://opentelemetry.io
- Repository
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib
- License
- Apache-2.0 — reported by the GitHub API, verified 2026-09-17
- Stars
- 4966 · last commit 2026-09-17
/tools.json,
against the tool.schema.json
schema, using the roles.json
vocabulary. Start at /llms.txt.