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Infrastructure & MLOps

Openlit

OpenLIT is an open-source observability platform designed specifically for large language model (LLM) applications and AI agents. Built natively on OpenTelemetry, it offers monitoring, tracing, evaluation, and optimization tools that cover the AI application lifecycle from development through production. OpenLIT supports automatic instrumentation for a wide range of components including LLM providers like OpenAI and Anthropic, AI frameworks such as LangChain, vector databases like ChromaDB, and GPUs from NVIDIA and AMD, all without requiring code modifications. The platform enables zero-code integration via command-line tools or a single import statement, providing real-time distributed tracing, token cost tracking, latency monitoring, and hallucination detection. It also supports Kubernetes observability through an Operator that automatically injects instrumentation into deployments. OpenLIT is released under the Apache-2.0 license and is supported by a community on Slack and GitHub.

Updated Jan 5, 2026open-source

OpenLIT is an open-source, OpenTelemetry-native platform for observability of LLM applications and AI agents with zero-code instrumentation.

Pricing
open-source
Category
Infrastructure & MLOps
Company
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Provides real-time monitoring of LLM request flows and bottlenecks using OpenTelemetry.
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Supports LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq), AI frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex), vector databases (ChromaDB, Pinecone), and GPUs (NVIDIA, AMD) without modifying application code.
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Offers evaluation via UI and SDKs for online and offline prompts as well as end-to-end applications.
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Enables zero-code observability with the OpenLIT Operator for automatic injection into Kubernetes deployments.
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Tracks token costs, latency, and hallucination detection metrics in real time.

Monitoring LLM Applications

AI engineering teams can monitor request flows, latency, and token usage of LLM-powered applications in production without modifying code.

Kubernetes Deployment Observability

Teams deploying AI agents on Kubernetes can use the OpenLIT Operator to automatically instrument workloads for observability.

AI Model Evaluation

Developers can evaluate AI model outputs and prompts through the OpenLIT UI and SDKs to improve application performance.

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Install OpenLIT
Run pip install openlit to install the OpenLIT SDK.
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Initialize Instrumentation
Add import openlit; openlit.init() in your Python code or use openlit-instrument python your_app.py for zero-code setup.
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Configure OTLP Endpoint
Set the OTLP endpoint (e.g., http://127.0.0.1:4318) and service details via CLI or code configuration.
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Access Dashboard
Open the dashboard at http://127.0.0.1:3000 using default credentials to view traces and metrics.
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Kubernetes Setup (Optional)
Install the OpenLIT Operator with Helm: helm install openlit-operator openlit/openlit-operator and apply the AutoInstrumentation YAML.
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Pricing
Model: open-source

OpenLIT is free under the Apache-2.0 license with optional token supporter contributions to fund servers and development.

Assessment
Strengths
  • Zero-code instrumentation for existing applications via CLI or Kubernetes Operator.
  • Vendor-neutral SDKs compatible with backends like Grafana Tempo.
  • Supports broad integrations including over 10 LLM providers, frameworks, and vector databases out-of-the-box.
  • Provides real-time token cost tracking and latency metrics.
  • Open-source with community support on Slack and GitHub.
Limitations
  • Requires separate deployment of OpenLIT backend and OTLP endpoint setup.
  • Limited language support focused on Python and TypeScript/JavaScript.
  • Dashboard access uses default credentials, requiring secure configuration for production environments.