OpenZipkin

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Data collection

Applications must be instrumented to report trace data; listed transports include HTTP, Kafka, ActiveMQ, gRPC, and RabbitMQ.zipkin.io · read 2 Oct 2026

Dependency diagram

The UI includes a dependency diagram showing how many traced requests went through each application.zipkin.io · read 2 Oct 2026

Deployment

The quickstart describes running Zipkin with Docker, Java, Homebrew, or from source.zipkin.io · read 2 Oct 2026

Instrumentation

The instrumentation list includes supported and community-supported libraries for languages including C#, Go, Java, JavaScript, Ruby, Scala, PHP, Python, and Lua.zipkin.io · read 2 Oct 2026

Java requirement

The quickstart says Java 17 or higher is required for its self-contained executable JAR option.zipkin.io · read 2 Oct 2026

Maker

OpenZipkin is the open-source organization that stewards Zipkin code, documentation, specifications, and support; Zipkin was originally created at Twitter.zipkin.io · read 2 Oct 2026

Purpose

Zipkin collects and looks up tracing data to help troubleshoot latency in service architectures.zipkin.io · read 2 Oct 2026

Security limitation

The architecture page says the web UI has no built-in authentication.zipkin.io · read 2 Oct 2026

Storage

The site lists in-memory storage and persistent backends including MySQL, Cassandra, and Elasticsearch.zipkin.io · read 2 Oct 2026

Support

The project directs users to its Gitter chat for questions and says the OpenZipkin organization is primarily volunteers.zipkin.io · read 2 Oct 2026

Trace search

Users can open a trace by ID or query by service, operation name, tags, and duration.zipkin.io · read 2 Oct 2026

Trace summaries

The UI summarizes the percentage of time spent in a service and whether operations failed.zipkin.io · read 2 Oct 2026

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