OpenObserve: Full‑stack observability at a fraction of the cost
From the repo · “Open source observability platform for logs, metrics, traces, RUM (web, android, ios), Session replay, pipelines, SLO and LLM observability. A sophisticated, simple and highly performant alternative to Datadog, Splunk, and Elasticsearch with 140x lower storage costs and single binary deployment.”
Use a pre-build platform to collect, analyze data and make decisions.
"A founder, Alex, is struggling with high server costs. She uses Openobserve to connect to her server logs, track performance metrics, and generate alerts when utilization exceeds 80%. By optimizing server resources, Alex reduces costs by 20% within a month."
- •You need to monitor and analyze logs, metrics, and traces for your application
- •You're looking for a highly performant and scalable observability solution
- •You want to reduce storage costs associated with observability tools
Run OpenObserve with a custom configuration file: ./openobserve -config-path=/path/to/config.yaml
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Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/openobserve && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/openobserve/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/openobserve/SKILL.mdOpens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.
OpenObserve: Full‑stack observability at a fraction of the cost is a very large TypeScript project (~1.8M lines across 5207 code files, plus 736 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, AGPL-3.0 license, has a test suite.
- 1README.mdStart here — what it does and how to install it
- 2CLAUDE.mdThe instructions the AI actually follows
- 3src/main.rsWhere the program starts running
- 4Cargo.tomlDependencies and the commands it exposes
- 5.env.exampleThe API keys and settings you must provide
Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.
Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/openobserve && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/openobserve/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/openobserve/SKILL.mdOpens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.
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Weekly Client Report
Every Monday, turn the week’s metrics into a clear client-facing narrative report — what happened, why, what’s next — and email it automatically.
Outcome guideAutomate your weekly client reports
Keep each client’s metrics in a Google Sheet. Every Monday the workflow reads the week’s numbers, writes a plain-English narrative — what moved, why, and what’s next — and emails it to the client.
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