Jaeger

aid: jaeger-io
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/jaeger-io/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
  - aid: jaeger-io:jaeger-query-api
    name: Jaeger Query API
    tags:
      - Observability
      - Distributed Tracing
      - Query
    humanURL: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/latest/apis/
    properties:
      - url: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/latest/apis/
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-idl/blob/main/proto/api_v3/query_service.proto
        type: ProtoBuf
      - url: openapi/jaeger-query-api-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: json-schema/jaeger-span-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: json-ld/jaeger-io-context.jsonld
        type: JSONLD
    description: >-
      The Jaeger Query API (api_v3) exposes services, operations, trace search, single-trace lookup, and inter-service
      dependency graphs over HTTP (port 16686) and gRPC (port 16685). It is the OpenTelemetry-aligned successor to the
      legacy /api/* HTTP endpoints and powers the Jaeger UI.
  - aid: jaeger-io:jaeger-collector-api
    name: Jaeger Collector API
    tags:
      - Observability
      - Distributed Tracing
      - Ingest
    humanURL: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/latest/apis/
    properties:
      - url: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/latest/apis/
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-idl/blob/main/proto/api_v2/collector.proto
        type: ProtoBuf
      - url: openapi/jaeger-collector-api-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      The Jaeger Collector ingests spans over multiple protocols — native Jaeger api_v2 (gRPC 14250, HTTP 14268), OTLP
      (gRPC 4317, HTTP 4318), and Zipkin (HTTP 9411) — and writes them to the configured storage backend (Cassandra,
      OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, ClickHouse, Kafka, or Badger). In Jaeger v2 the Collector is a customized OpenTelemetry
      Collector distribution.
  - aid: jaeger-io:jaeger-sampling-api
    name: Jaeger Sampling Manager API
    tags:
      - Observability
      - Distributed Tracing
      - Sampling
    humanURL: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/latest/sampling/
    properties:
      - url: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/latest/sampling/
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-idl/blob/main/proto/api_v2/sampling.proto
        type: ProtoBuf
      - url: openapi/jaeger-sampling-api-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: json-schema/jaeger-sampling-strategy-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
    description: >-
      Remote sampling configuration API. Tracer SDKs poll the Sampling Manager (HTTP port 5778, gRPC port 5779) to
      retrieve the active per-service sampling strategy — probabilistic, rate-limiting, or per-operation. Backed by a
      static strategies file or by Jaeger's adaptive sampling subsystem.
name: Jaeger
tags:
  - Observability
  - Distributed Tracing
  - APM
  - OpenTelemetry
  - CNCF
  - Cloud Native
  - Microservices
  - Open Source
kind: contract
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: Open Source
common:
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.jaegertracing.io/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/
  - type: Documentation
    name: APIs Reference
    url: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/latest/apis/
  - type: Documentation
    name: Architecture
    url: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/latest/architecture/
  - type: Documentation
    name: Deployment
    url: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/latest/deployment/
  - type: Documentation
    name: Sampling
    url: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/latest/sampling/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/latest/getting-started/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing
  - type: SourceCode
    name: jaegertracing/jaeger
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger
  - type: SourceCode
    name: jaegertracing/jaeger-idl
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-idl
  - type: SourceCode
    name: jaegertracing/jaeger-ui
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-ui
  - type: SourceCode
    name: jaegertracing/jaeger-operator
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator
  - type: SourceCode
    name: jaegertracing/helm-charts
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/helm-charts
  - type: SourceCode
    name: jaegertracing/spark-dependencies
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/spark-dependencies
  - type: SourceCode
    name: jaegertracing/grafana-plugin
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/grafana-plugin
  - type: SourceCode
    name: jaegertracing/jaeger-clickhouse
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-clickhouse
  - type: SourceCode
    name: jaegertracing/jaeger-vscode
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-vscode
  - type: Tool
    name: Jaeger Operator for Kubernetes
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator
  - type: Tool
    name: Helm Charts
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/helm-charts
  - type: Tool
    name: Grafana Plugin
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/grafana-plugin
  - type: Tool
    name: VS Code Extension
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-vscode
  - type: ContainerImage
    name: Docker Hub — jaegertracing
    url: https://hub.docker.com/u/jaegertracing
  - type: License
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/blob/main/LICENSE
  - type: Blog
    url: https://medium.com/jaegertracing
  - type: Forum
    name: CNCF Slack
    url: https://cloud-native.slack.com/archives/CGG7NFUJ3
  - type: SignUp
    name: GitHub Discussions
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/discussions
  - type: Governance
    name: GOVERNANCE.md
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/blob/main/GOVERNANCE.md
  - type: Maintainers
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/blob/main/MAINTAINERS.md
  - type: SecurityPolicy
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/blob/main/SECURITY.md
  - type: ThreatModel
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/blob/main/THREAT-MODEL.md
  - type: Adopters
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/blob/main/ADOPTERS.md
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
  - type: ContributingGuide
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
  - type: ReleaseNotes
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/releases
  - type: Roadmap
    url: https://github.com/orgs/jaegertracing/projects
  - type: Organization
    name: CNCF Project Page
    url: https://www.cncf.io/projects/jaeger/
  - type: Documentation
    name: Model Context Protocol — OTLP
    url: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-proto
  - type: Documentation
    name: jaeger-idl Swagger (api_v3)
    url: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-idl/tree/main/swagger/api_v3
  - type: Features
    data:
      - Distributed tracing platform — CNCF graduated project, originated at Uber, now community maintained
      - Jaeger v2 is built on the OpenTelemetry Collector — first-class OTLP support on ports 4317/gRPC and 4318/HTTP
      - Native Jaeger api_v2 ingest over gRPC (14250) and HTTP (14268) for legacy SDKs
      - Zipkin v1/v2 compatibility on port 9411 for migration from Zipkin
      - >-
        Query API v3 exposes services, operations, trace search, single-trace lookup, and dependency graphs over HTTP
        (16686) and gRPC (16685)
      - >-
        Remote sampling — probabilistic, rate-limiting, per-operation, and adaptive strategies served via
        SamplingManager on port 5778/5779
      - Pluggable storage — Cassandra, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, ClickHouse, Kafka (buffered), Badger (embedded)
      - Service Performance Monitoring (SPM) view — RED metrics derived from spans
      - Service dependency graph computed offline via the spark-dependencies job
      - Kubernetes-native deployment via the Jaeger Operator and official Helm charts
      - All-in-one binary for local development with in-memory storage
      - React UI bundled in the Query service plus a Grafana datasource plugin and VS Code extension
      - SDKs deprecated in favor of OpenTelemetry SDKs (Go, Python, Java, JS, .NET, C++, Ruby, PHP)
      - Apache 2.0 licensed; governance via GOVERNANCE.md and MAINTAINERS.md
    sources:
      - https://www.jaegertracing.io/
      - https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/latest/apis/
      - https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/latest/architecture/
      - https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger
      - https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-idl
    updated: '2026-05-25'
created: '2026-05-25T00:00:00.000Z'
modified: '2026-05-25'
position: Consuming
description: >-
  Jaeger is an open-source, end-to-end distributed tracing platform for monitoring and troubleshooting transactions in
  complex distributed systems. Originally built and open-sourced by Uber Technologies in 2017, Jaeger was donated to the
  Cloud Native Computing Foundation, became an incubating project in 2017, and graduated in 2019. Jaeger v2, released in
  November 2024, is a customized distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector and is the OTLP-native generation of the
  platform. It exposes three primary APIs — the Query API (read), the Collector API (span ingest), and the Sampling
  Manager API (remote sampling configuration) — across HTTP and gRPC, supports six pluggable storage backends, and ships
  with a Kubernetes Operator, Helm charts, a React UI, and a Grafana plugin.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: info@apievangelist.com
    X: apievangelist
    url: https://apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.16'