Prometheus
prometheus.io ↗Open sourceSelf-hostable
Power your metrics and alerting with a leading open-source monitoring solution.
CategoryObservability & Monitoring
PricingFree, open source
Self-hostableYes
Repositoryprometheus/prometheus
LicenseApache-2.0
LanguageGo
Last activityOct 2026Active
Repository
From GitHub · updated Oct 4
Stars66k
Forks10.9k
Open issues944
Last pushOct 2026
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