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## High-quality, ubiquitous, and portable telemetry to enable effective observability

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- [Learn more](/docs/concepts/)
- [Try the demo](/ecosystem/demo/)

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- [Dev](/docs/getting-started/dev/)
- [Ops](/docs/getting-started/ops/)

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OpenTelemetry is a collection of tools, APIs, and SDKs. Use it to instrument,
generate, collect, and export telemetry data (metrics, logs, and traces) to help
you analyze your software's performance and behavior.

> OpenTelemetry is **generally available** across
> [several languages](/docs/instrumentation/) and is suitable for use.

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Create and collect telemetry data from your services and software, then forward
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OpenTelemetry integrates with popular libraries and frameworks such as
[Spring](https://spring.io),
[ASP.NET Core](https://docs.microsoft.com/aspnet/core),
[Express](https://expressjs.com), [Quarkus](https://quarkus.io), and more!
Installation and integration can be as simple as a few lines of code.

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100% Free and Open Source, OpenTelemetry is adopted and supported by
[industry leaders](/ecosystem/vendors/) in the observability space.

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**OpenTelemetry is a [CNCF][] [incubating][] project**.

Formed through a merger of the OpenTracing and OpenCensus projects.

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[cncf]: https://cncf.io
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[incubating]: https://www.cncf.io/projects/

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