Coroot

Coroot is an open-source observability tool designed to provide insights into the behavior of distributed applications. It focuses on understanding the dependencies between services and how they interact in a complex system. Coroot automatically discovers services and their connections, creating a visual map of the application's architecture. This allows users to identify performance bottlenecks and potential issues by tracing requests across different services.

The tool works by analyzing network traffic and system metrics. It collects data from various sources, including Prometheus, Kubernetes, and OpenTelemetry, to build a comprehensive view of application performance. Coroot's core functionality revolves around service mapping, request tracing, and anomaly detection. By visualizing the flow of requests, developers can pinpoint where latency is occurring and which service might be contributing to the problem.

Coroot aims to simplify the process of observing distributed systems, which can be challenging due to their inherent complexity. It provides a unified platform for monitoring, troubleshooting, and understanding application behavior. The tool is particularly useful for microservices architectures where numerous independent services communicate with each other. Its automated discovery and mapping capabilities reduce the manual effort required to set up and maintain observability for such systems. Coroot is actively developed and aims to offer a comprehensive solution for modern application observability needs.