> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://futureagi.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# What is OpenTelemetry?

[OpenTelemetry (OTel)](https://opentelemetry.io/) is an open-source observability framework designed for collecting, processing, and exporting traces, metrics, and logs from applications. It provides a standardized way to instrument applications and infrastructure to gain insights into their performance and behavior.

We use OTel at Future AGI because it's vendor-agnostic, open source, and highly performant. It's a standard that includes batch processing of traces and spans in the magnitude of billions.

## Why Use It?

* 🔓 **Vendor-neutral**: Not locked to any specific provider
* 🌐 **Open source**: Free and community-driven
* ⚡ **High performance**: Handles billions of traces efficiently

OTel collects traces, metrics, and logs to monitor system performance and events.

You can learn more about how we trace applications using OpenTelemetry on our [traceAI](/future-agi/products/observability/concept/traceai) page.