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Uptrace is an AGPL-3.0 open-source APM built on OpenTelemetry for traces, metrics and logs, storing data in ClickHouse, with self-hosted and cloud options.

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Introduction

Uptrace is an open-source APM supporting OpenTelemetry traces, metrics and logs. It stores data in ClickHouse for efficient querying and offers dashboards, alerting and service views. It can be self-hosted, and a hosted cloud version is available.

The source code is at uptrace/uptrace on GitHub under the AGPL-3.0 licence, with about 4,300 stars; the most recent commit was on 22 October 2026.

Features

  1. OpenTelemetry-native: OTLP ingestion.
  2. ClickHouse storage: Efficient at scale.
  3. Traces, metrics and logs: One UI.
  4. Alerts: Notification channels.
  5. Self-hosted or cloud: Choice of deployment.

Pros

  1. Free to use: Open source under AGPL-3.0.
  2. Maintained: Commits as recent as 22 October 2026.
  3. Community: About 4,300 GitHub stars.

Cons

  1. AGPL licence: Check obligations.
  2. Smaller community: Than SigNoz or Grafana.

Start the self-hosted stack with the Docker Compose example from the docs, then point OpenTelemetry exporters at Uptrace’s OTLP endpoint.

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Pricing

The open-source edition is free (AGPL-3.0); Uptrace Cloud is paid, see site.

  1. Teams wanting a lightweight OpenTelemetry APM.
  2. ClickHouse users.
  3. Not a fit if you need a large ecosystem of integrations.

Conclusion

Uptrace is a compact, OpenTelemetry-native APM on ClickHouse.

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