go-instrument by nikolaydubina

Automatically add Trace Spans to Go functions

gogolangdatadoginstrumentationnewrelicopentelemetrymonitoringasttoolingauto-instrumentation
Verdict 56/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 9 months ago

Self-host go-instrument on hetzner for $4.13/mo and save approximately $130/year vs Datadog.

Health score
56 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
293
14 forks

About go-instrument

From the project's README at github.com/nikolaydubina/go-instrument. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

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Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
13
maturity
96
community
70
security
85
sustainability
88
adoption
19

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 293 github.com/nikolaydubina/go-instrument
GitHub forks 14 github.com/nikolaydubina/go-instrument

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age3.5 yearssince Nov 2022
Last commit2 months agoMar 2, 2026
Releases shipped29last: 9 months ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers
Funding links1declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Replaces these paid SaaS

go-instrument is one of the open-source alternatives to:

Datadog alternatives

Ready to self-host go-instrument?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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