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How to reduce Cloud Costs (with Open Source!)

We strongly believe that simple observability should be an innovation everyone can afford to benefit from: which is why Coroot is open source, and includes cost monitoring for Azure, GCP, AWS, or your own custom settings. eBPF automatically tracks how each deployment impacts your cloud costs, so you can easily roll back changes and avoid lovecraftian monthly bill when necessary.

Top 13 Open Source APM Tools [2025 Guide]

Choosing the right APM tool is critical. How do you know which is the right one for you? Here are the top 13 open-source application performance monitoring(APM) tools that can solve your monitoring needs. Open-source APM tools have added benefits over their SaaS counterparts. They are more transparent, as you can verify their source code, and you can use them without going through the pains of obtaining approvals usually required for using a third-party vendor tool.

Mastering NodeJS Performance Monitoring - A Practical Guide using Open Source Tools

Node.js powers some of the fastest-growing web applications, but its single-threaded nature makes it vulnerable to memory leaks and CPU spikes. To keep your app running smoothly, especially in production, you need more than just web server logs — you need complete visibility across the entire stack.

Open Source Automation Tools: Popular Options & How to Choose the Right One for Your Needs

When looking at the broad landscape of IT automation tools, you’ll find dozens (if not hundreds) of tools that seem like viable solutions to your automation needs. Almost all of those tools can be broken down into two categories: Open source automation tools and commercial automation tools. (Open source automation tools with a commercial offering are still considered open source, even if the commercial edition has a price tag.)

Top 5 Open Source Log Management Tools (and How to Choose the Right One)

Managing logs at scale is no longer just about storing text—it’s about gaining insights fast, keeping systems healthy, and troubleshooting in real time. With cloud-native architectures becoming the norm, the pressure is on for modern teams to adopt log management tools that are fast, scalable, and easy to use. But with so many options, how do you choose the right one?

How to Improve Uptime and Achieve Root Cause Analysis (with Open Source!)

Observability doesn’t begin and end at telemetry or your ELK stack: most open source or vendor tools require configuration, dashboard customization, and may not actually pinpoint the data you need to mitigate system risks. Coroot was designed to solve the problem of time-consuming root cause analysis: it handles the full observability journey — from collecting telemetry to turning it into actionable insights. We also strongly believe that simple observability should be an innovation everyone can afford to benefit from: which is why our software is open source.

Sneak Peek: MetricFire's New Logging Tool for Scalable, Open-Source Observability

Take a first look at MetricFire’s brand-new logging tool — designed to simplify log ingestion, storage, and visualization using open-source components like Loki, Python, Telegraf and Grok. Collect logs, search across services, and correlate them with your metrics — all inside your existing Hosted Graphite environment. Whether you're an SRE, DevOps engineer, or running logs on a budget, this sneak peek reveals how MetricFire is evolving toward full observability.

The Role of Open Source in Shaping AI Innovation

Can open source survive in an AI-driven world? As AI seems to take over, there's a burning question about the future of open source contributions. Discover the unexpected role open source plays in training AI, and ponder the long-term implications. Can we keep feeding the beast, or will AI eventually stand alone?

The Best Open-Source Dashboard Tools for 2025: Expert Guide to Choosing the Right One

Table of Contents In today’s digital operations, dashboards aren’t just nice-to-haves—they’re essential. Teams across engineering, product, operations, and business intelligence rely on real-time data visibility to monitor systems, analyze trends, and catch anomalies before they escalate. For many organizations, open-source dashboard tools offer the best combination of flexibility, transparency, and cost-efficiency.

From Logs to Metrics Part 1: Building an Open-Source Logs-to-Graphite Pipeline

Monitoring doesn't always need to be complex. In this guide, we'll show you how to turn raw logs into usable metrics using a lightweight open-source setup with no ELK stack and no heavy lifting. We'll use Loki, Python, and Telegraf to convert logs into Graphite metrics you can easily monitor or alert on. This is perfect for system admins, DevOps beginners, or anyone curious about building more innovative monitoring pipelines from scratch.