Open Source · Observability
Prometheus
by prometheus
The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database.
Our verdict
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About Prometheus
The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database.
Best for
Developers and SREs needing a robust, self-hosted monitoring and alerting solution for cloud-native environments.
Use cases
- Collecting and storing application and infrastructure metrics
- Querying time series data with PromQL for analysis and dashboards
- Setting up alerting rules to notify on threshold breaches
Notes
66,858 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-10-29. Licensed Apache-2.0.
Indexed from swap-build. Verified against the live GitHub repo.
Pros
- Widely adopted with a large community and ecosystem
- Powerful query language (PromQL) for flexible metric analysis
- Pull-based model simplifies service discovery and scaling
Cons
- Not designed for long-term storage or high-cardinality data
- Requires separate components (e.g., Alertmanager) for full alerting workflow
- Scaling horizontally can be complex without additional tooling
Key facts
What we have checked
- Latest version
- 3.16.0 (released 5 Nov 2026)
- Days since the last commit
- 0
- GitHub forks
- 10,993
- GitHub stars
- 67,259
- Days to a first reply on issues
- 0.7
- Open issues
- 513
- Releases in the last 90 days
- 12
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Stars and usage
How Prometheus is growing
66,874 to 67,259
Health and security
Is Prometheus looked after, and what do its setup files show
Health score
100 out of 100
| Part | Points | What we saw |
|---|---|---|
| Recent activity | 30 of 30 | Last push 0 days ago |
| Releases | 15 of 15 | 12 releases in 90 days |
| Issue replies | 20 of 20 | First reply in 0.7 days (median) |
| Maintainer | 15 of 15 | Owned by an organisation |
| Official source | Not counted | MCP servers only |
Alternatives
Alternatives to Prometheus
| Record | Type | How we know | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| DatadogThis is an alternative to it | Product | Linked recordGitHub |
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Sources
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Changelog
What changed
Released 3.16.0
Released 3.16.0-rc.4
Released 3.16.0-rc.2
Released 3.15.1
Released 3.13.5
Released 3.13.4
Released 3.15.0
Released 3.15.0-rc.1
Released 3.15.0-rc.0
Released 3.13.3
Released 3.14.0
Released 3.14.0-rc.0
Released 3.13.2
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