Jaeger
Open-source · self-hostable · replaces 1 SaaS tool on os-alt
jaegertracing/jaeger · alive · ★ 22.8k · last commit today · 402 open issues
License: Apache-2.0
Good fit for Pure trace exploration — span search, dependency graphs, latency histograms — without the metric/log surface.
Weak at No metrics or logs; no SLO management; you'll pair with Prometheus and Loki for the rest.
In a terminal? npx -y github:SolvoHQ/os-alt-cli honeycomb prints
the Honeycomb comparison table including Jaeger.
how the CLI works →
Replaces these SaaS
- Honeycomb · Distributed tracing / observability
`docker run --rm -d -p 16686:16686 -p 4317:4317 -p 4318:4318 jaegertracing/all-in-one`. Apps export OTLP to Jaeger directly (it's an OTel collector + storage + UI in one image). Migration from Honeycomb: change OTLP endpoint to Jaeger's. Trace search via service/operation/tag is the focus; metrics and logs are not in scope (Jaeger is traces-only).
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