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jaeger vs future-agi
jaeger has 23,223 GitHub stars, 3,122 forks, 547 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. future-agi has 2,041 stars, 631 forks, 889 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. jaeger leads on adoption by 1,038% (23,223 vs 2,041 stars). jaeger is written in Go under Apache-2.0; future-agi is written in Python under Apache-2.0. jaeger has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, future-agi 31%. future-agi was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| jaeger | future-agi | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 23K | ★ 2.0K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.1K | ⑂ 631 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick jaeger if
- You weight community size — 23K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick future-agi if
- You want the future-agi feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and future-agi fits your workflow better
About jaeger
Jaeger is a distributed tracing platform hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), where it graduated as the 7th top level project in October 2019. It was originally created by Uber Technologies and then donated to the CNCF. The project is written in Go and released under the Apache 2.0 license, and it lives in the OpenTelemetry and observability ecosystem: it consumes traces from OpenTelemetry SDKs and reuses components from the OpenTelemetry Collector. Its repository carries topics including cncf, distributed tracing, jaeger, observability, opentelemetry and tracing, and the project is openly gove…
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About future-agi
Future AGI is an open source platform for evaluating, observing, and improving large language model and AI agent applications. It lives in the LLM operations ecosystem, where teams need tracing, evaluations, simulations, datasets, gateway routing, guardrails, and optimization in one Apache 2.0 project.
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Frequently asked questions
Is jaeger or future-agi more popular?
jaeger has 23,223 GitHub stars and future-agi has 2,041. jaeger has the larger community by that measure.
Are jaeger and future-agi free?
Both are open source. jaeger is licensed under Apache-2.0 and future-agi under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between jaeger and future-agi?
jaeger is written in Go and future-agi in Python. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, jaeger or future-agi?
Choose jaeger if you want the larger community (23,223 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose future-agi if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.