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OpenTelemetry Collector

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How fast open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Sep 5 – Nov 4, 2026

Stars +237 in 61 days

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Forks +122 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 234 in 61 days

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
DayStars gainedForks gainedMerged PRs
Sat, Sep 5, 2026+1+10
Sun, Sep 6, 2026+2+21
Mon, Sep 7, 2026+8+22
Tue, Sep 8, 2026+7+20
Wed, Sep 9, 2026+3+16
Thu, Sep 10, 2026+5+29
Fri, Sep 11, 2026+5+15
Sat, Sep 12, 2026+13+50
Sun, Sep 13, 2026+7+10
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+4+22
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+5+29
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+3+33
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+5+06
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+10+24
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+3+21
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+1+10
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+3+23
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+5+32
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+7+211
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+3+38
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+1+29
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+4+30
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+2+00
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+1+18
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+4+010
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+10+41
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+13+69
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+3+14
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+2+20
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+0+10
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+0+38
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+1+25
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+3+310
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+4+26
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+1+26
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+3+30
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+5+30
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+2+32
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+2+215
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+1+44
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+4+37
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+5+51
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+3+00
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+5+10
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+2+22
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+6+14
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+3+02
Thu, Oct 22, 2026+2+26
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+3+42
Sat, Oct 24, 2026+1+10
Sun, Oct 25, 2026+1+00
Mon, Oct 26, 2026+8+23
Tue, Oct 27, 2026+8+211
Wed, Oct 28, 2026+6+33
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+6+23
Fri, Oct 30, 2026+1+26
Sat, Oct 31, 2026+3+10
Sun, Nov 1, 2026+2+10
Mon, Nov 2, 2026+2+05
Tue, Nov 3, 2026+0+49
Wed, Nov 4, 2026+4+01
Total+237+122234
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    • GitHub trending history

    Where the repository ranked on GitHub Trending, one dot for each day it was on a list

    Dec 17, 2024 – Oct 31, 2025Best #3

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    Mentions and achievements

    Where people are talking about open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector, and every badge it has earned
    1. Sep 181 post

      • Kubernetes attributes processor reaches v1.0.0 milestone

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        r/OpenTelemetry

    2. 1 month earlier
    3. Aug 181 post

      • • Supports popular protocols like Jaeger and Prometheus • Deployable as an agent or collector for traces, metrics, and logs • Extensible without touching core code

        Read full on X, posted by @the_osps

        @the_osps · x.com

    4. 1 month earlier
    5. Jul 151 post

      • LFX Mentorship Term 3 2026 is coming, applications open August 3, here is everything you need to know

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        r/gsoc_2027

    6. Jul 141 post

      • LFX Mentorship Term 3 2026 is coming, applications open August 3, here is everything you need to know

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        r/gsoc2025

    7. Jul 131 post

      • LFX Mentorship Term 3 2026 is coming, applications open August 3, here is everything you need to know

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        r/KubeconIndia2026

    8. 2 months earlier
    9. May 251 post

      • Your traces are not missing. They were deemed too unique to survive. The new OpenTelemetry Collector caps cardinality and drops spans with creative attributes. Minimalism meets observability. 🔍…

        Read full on X, posted by @FpeSre

        @FpeSre · x.com

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