About Apache SkyWalking
Apache SkyWalking is an open source observability platform for cloud-native systems. It brings traces, metrics, logs and profiles together, and it also tracks model and agent activity.
What it does
SkyWalking maps the services in your environment and shows how they connect. It covers Kubernetes, service meshes and infrastructure, and it shows traces, metrics, logs and profiles in the same investigation. A gateway can record model and tool calls with latency and token rates, while a companion feature reads an agent's conversation history and file changes.
Key features
- Service and Kubernetes topology maps
- Traces, metrics, logs and profiles in one place
- Alerts on telemetry signals
- Latency and token usage for model calls
- Replay of agent conversations and file changes
Who it's for
Platform and SRE teams that run cloud-native workloads. Teams that build or run agent-based software will also find it useful for seeing how those agents behave.
Pricing and good to know
SkyWalking is free to use under the Apache-2.0 license and runs in your own environment. It is a large project with many contributors and integrations to choose from. Setup involves agents and a backend, so plan for the components you need.
Highlights
- Service and Kubernetes topology maps
- Traces, metrics, logs and profiles in one place
- Alerts on telemetry signals
- Latency and token usage for model calls
- Replay of agent conversations and file changes
