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What is fluentbit?

Fluent Bit is a fast and lightweight telemetry agent for logs, metrics, and traces for Linux, macOS, Windows, and BSD family operating systems. Fluent Bit has been made with a focus on performance to allow the collection and processing of telemetry data from different sources without complexity.

Features
  • High performance: High throughput with low resources consumption
  • Data parsing - Converts unstructured messages using parsers: JSON, Regex, LTSV and Logfmt
  • Metrics support: Prometheus and OpenTelemetry compatible
  • Reliability and data integrity - Backpressure handling; Data buffering in memory and file system
  • Networking - Security: Built-in TLS/SSL support; Asynchronous I/O
  • Pluggable architecture and extensibility - Connect nearly any source to nearly any destination using preexisting plugins
  • Extensibility - Write input, filter, or output plugins in the C language; WASM: WASM Filter Plugins or WASM Input Plugins; Write Filters in Lua or Output plugins in Golang
  • Monitoring: Expose internal metrics over HTTP in JSON and Prometheus format
  • Stream Processing: Perform data selection and transformation using simple SQL queries; Create new streams of data using query results; Aggregation windows; Data analysis and prediction: Timeseries forecasting
  • Portable: Runs on Linux, macOS, Windows and BSD systems


Fluent Bit is licensed under the terms of the Apache License v2.0.

Categories & Use Cases

Technical Details

Technical Details
Deployment TypesOn-Premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo

FAQs

What is fluentbit?
Fluent Bit is a fast, lightweight, and scalable logging and metrics processor and forwarder, designed to support cloud and containerized environments.
How much does fluentbit cost?
fluentbit starts at $0.