Best Open Source Alternatives to New Relic

Compare the best free and open-source alternatives to New Relic — self-hosted and desktop replacements you fully control, ranked by GitHub stars, license and platform support.

Curated by open-source.store · Updated November 2026 · 13 alternatives

New Relic

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New Relic alternatives compared

Open-source alternatives to New Relic, compared by stars, license and platform
Tool		License	Platforms	Self-hosted
NetData	81,259	GPL-3.0	Web	No	Nov 2026	Visit
Grafana	77,656	AGPL-3.0	DockerLinux	Yes	Nov 2026	Visit
ProjectDiscovery	32,560	MIT	Web	No	Nov 2026	Visit
SigNoz	32,509	MIT	LinuxDocker	Yes	Nov 2026	Visit
HyperDX	9,985	MIT	LinuxDocker	Yes	Nov 2026	Visit
Coroot	7,998	Apache-2.0	Web	No	Nov 2026	Visit
OpenLLMetry	7,518	Apache-2.0	Web	No	Nov 2026	Visit
Logfire	4,531	MIT	Web	No	Nov 2026	Visit
Uptrace	4,311	AGPL-3.0	LinuxDocker	Yes	Oct 2026	Visit
Checkmk	2,632	GPL-2.0	Web	No	Nov 2026	Visit

Top open-source New Relic alternatives

NetData81,259GPL-3.0

Netdata is an open-source real-time infrastructure monitor that tracks per-second server and container metrics locally with zero query latency.

Web

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Grafana77,656AGPL-3.0

Grafana is an open-source observability platform replacing proprietary APM tools with decoupled, high-performance dashboards over any database.

DockerLinux

vs New Relic: a free, open-source option you fully control, licensed AGPL-3.0.

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ProjectDiscovery32,560MIT

Open-source vulnerability scanner using YAML templates to detect CVEs, misconfigurations, and protocol flaws across applications and infrastructure.

Web

vs New Relic: a free, open-source option you fully control, licensed MIT.

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SigNoz32,509MIT

SigNoz is an open-source APM replacing Datadog with OpenTelemetry-native metrics, traces, and logs stored in a self-hosted ClickHouse database.

LinuxDocker

vs New Relic: a free, open-source option you fully control, licensed MIT.

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HyperDX9,985MIT

HyperDX replaces proprietary APM platforms with open-source observability, unifying session replays, logs, and traces on ClickHouse and OpenTelemetry.

LinuxDocker

vs New Relic: a free, open-source option you fully control, licensed MIT.

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Best Open Source Alternatives to New Relic

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Coroot

OpenLLMetry

Logfire

Uptrace

Checkmk

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