Tempo license, foundation and stars
Databases and caches · AGPL v3 (open source) · backed by Grafana Labs · 5,488 stars
Grafana Tempo is a high volume, minimal dependency distributed tracing backend.
License history
LICENSE file| Change | ||
|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2021 | Apache 2.0 to AGPL v3Grafana Labs relicensed the Tempo tracing store from Apache 2.0 to AGPLv3.LICENSE commitAnnouncement | LICENSE commitAnnouncement |
Latest release
No GitHub releases published; the project releases elsewhere (tags or its own site).
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About and history
- Repository
- grafana/tempo · created Jan 24, 2020
- Website
- grafana.com/oss/tempo
- Language
- Go
- Foundation
- None; run by Grafana Labs
- Company
- Grafana Labs · on Companies · on awards · on blogs · on Downtime · on Leaders · on Paydays · on Releases · on Titlewave
- GitHub detects
- AGPL-3.0
- Stars per week
- From the second weekly snapshot
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 5,488 |
Changes
| What changed | |
|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | RelicensedApache 2.0 to AGPL v3 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | TrackedAdded: grafana/tempo |