The Prometheus organization has a notable public GitHub presence, featuring a wide range of repositories primarily in Go, Java, and TypeScript. Key projects include the Prometheus monitoring system, node_exporter for machine metrics, and alertmanager for managing alerts, reflecting its focus on monitoring and metrics collection.
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Public repositories
prometheus
The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database.
node_exporter
Exporter for machine metrics
alertmanager
Prometheus Alertmanager
client_golang
Prometheus instrumentation library for Go applications
blackbox_exporter
Blackbox prober exporter
client_python
Prometheus instrumentation library for Python applications
pushgateway
Push acceptor for ephemeral and batch jobs.
jmx_exporter
A process for collecting metrics using JMX MBeans for Prometheus consumption
OpenMetrics
Evolving the Prometheus exposition format into a standard.
mysqld_exporter
Exporter for MySQL server metrics
client_java
Prometheus instrumentation library for JVM applications
snmp_exporter
SNMP Exporter for Prometheus
statsd_exporter
StatsD to Prometheus metrics exporter
cloudwatch_exporter
Metrics exporter for Amazon AWS CloudWatch
procfs
procfs provides functions to retrieve system, kernel and process metrics from the pseudo-filesystem proc.
docs
Prometheus documentation: content and static site generator
promlens
PromLens – The query builder, analyzer, and explainer for PromQL
haproxy_exporter
Simple server that scrapes HAProxy stats and exports them via HTTP for Prometheus consumption
client_rust
Prometheus / OpenMetrics client library in Rust
client_ruby
Prometheus instrumentation library for Ruby applications
consul_exporter
Exporter for Consul metrics
prom2json
A tool to scrape a Prometheus client and dump the result as JSON.
graphite_exporter
Server that accepts metrics via the Graphite protocol and exports them as Prometheus metrics
exporter-toolkit
Utility package to build exporters
common
Go libraries shared across Prometheus components and libraries.
influxdb_exporter
A server that accepts InfluxDB metrics via the HTTP API and exports them via HTTP for Prometheus consumption
promu
Prometheus Utility Tool
collectd_exporter
A server that accepts collectd stats via HTTP POST and exports them via HTTP for Prometheus consumption
memcached_exporter
Exports metrics from memcached servers for consumption by Prometheus.
test-infra
Prometheus E2E benchmarking tool
compliance
A set of tests to check compliance with various Prometheus interfaces
demo-site
Demo site auto-deployed with Ansible.
nagios_plugins
Nagios plugins for alerting on Prometheus query results
client_model
Data model artifacts for Prometheus.
golang-builder
Prometheus Golang builder Docker images
codemirror-promql
PromQL support for the CodeMirror code editor
busybox
Prometheus Busybox Docker base images
prometheus_api_client_ruby
A Ruby library for reading metrics stored on a Prometheus server
proposals
Design documents for Prometheus Ecosystem
talks
Track Prometheus talks
otlptranslator
Library to translate OTLP metric and attribute names to Prometheus metric and label names.
lezer-promql
A lezer-based PromQL grammar
circleci
No description provided for this repository.
host_exporter
See the "node_exporter" repository instead!
sigv4
A http.RoundTripper that will sign requests using Amazon's Signature Verification V4 signing procedure
prometheus-opentelemetry-collector
[EXPERIMENTAL] A Prometheus-branded OpenTelemetry Collector distribution.
governance
No description provided for this repository.
promci
GitHub Actions repository
snmp_exporter_mibs
No description provided for this repository.
opentelemetry-collector-bridge
[EXPERIMENTAL] An adapter between client_golang's registry and OTel Collector's Receiver Interfaces
kube-demo-site
Kubernetes Demo Site
promci-setup
Prometheus CI Setup
client_java-benchmarks
No description provided for this repository.
promci-images
GitHub Actions for handling container images.
promci-artifacts
GitHub Actions for artifact persistence between jobs
test-sd-ownership
Temporary repo for testing service discovery (SD) ownership setup
Frequently asked questions
What does prometheus build on GitHub?
Prometheus builds several tools for monitoring and metrics collection on GitHub. Notable repositories include the Prometheus monitoring system, node_exporter, and alertmanager, which are widely used in cloud-native environments.
Which programming languages does prometheus use?
Prometheus primarily uses Go for most of its repositories, along with Java, TypeScript, Shell, Ruby, and Makefile in various projects. This diverse language use reflects the organization’s focus on performance and compatibility.
Are prometheus's repositories public?
Yes, all repositories under the Prometheus organization are public on GitHub. This transparency allows users and developers to access, contribute to, and audit the codebase, enhancing collaboration and security.
Is this exposure intended?
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