How much does it cost to self-host OpenTelemetry Rust?

OpenTelemetry Rust can be self-hosted starting at $4.13/mo on hetzner CAX11. Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk.

Is OpenTelemetry Rust actively maintained?

OpenTelemetry Rust has a composite health score of 76/100 across activity, maturity, community, security, sustainability, and adoption. See /methodology/ for the formula.

How hard is OpenTelemetry Rust to self-host?

OpenTelemetry Rust has a self-hosting difficulty score of 2/5 (1 = one-click, 5 = complex Kubernetes setup).

OpenTelemetry Rust by open-telemetry

Rust Apache-2.0 SECURITY.md

The Rust OpenTelemetry implementation

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Verdict 76/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 2 months ago

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Health score
 76 /100 
6-dim composite

Self-hosts from

$4.13 /mo

hetzner · CAX11

Difficulty

2 /5

Docker + read README

GitHub stars

2.6k

657 forks

About OpenTelemetry Rust

From the project's README at github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust. 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

maturity

100

community

security

sustainability

adoption

Adoption signals

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

Signal	Value	Source
GitHub stars	2.6k	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust
GitHub forks	657	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust

Release & maintenance

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

Project age	6.5 years	since Nov 2019
Last commit	3 days ago	May 4, 2026
Releases shipped	41	last: 2 months ago
Security policy	SECURITY.md	declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

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

Provider	Plan	Specs	Monthly
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 →