The Future of Instrumentation Is Open: Introducing Open Source Agents and Projects at New Relic

New Relic, a key player in software observability, has announced the open-sourcing of its agents, integrations, and SDKs, marking a significant shift towards open instrumentation. With a history of substantial contributions to the OpenTelemetry project under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, New Relic is committed to standardizing its future observability offerings on this emerging standard. This move includes making available agents for multiple programming languages like C, Go, .NET, and more, with plans to extend support to others like Java and PHP. By publishing roadmaps and encouraging community engagement through GitHub, New Relic aims to foster innovation, transparency, and collaboration in software instrumentation. This initiative aligns with their strategy to offer a comprehensive application service observability solution while contributing to the development of a unified framework that benefits the broader community.