otel-tui

A terminal OpenTelemetry viewer inspired by otel-desktop-viewer.

This tool currently supports OpenTelemetry, Zipkin (Traces), Prometheus (Metrics), and Datadog (Traces, Metrics, Logs) formats.

Traces

Metrics

Logs

Getting Started

Currently, this tool exposes the ports:

• 4317 to receive OpenTelemetry signals (gRPC)
• 4318 to receive OpenTelemetry signals (HTTP)
• 9411 to receive Zipkin traces (enabled by --enable-zipkin option)
• 8126 to receive Datadog signals (enabled by --enable-datadog option)
• 8125 to receive DogStatsD metrics (enabled by --enable-datadog option)

The server's Access-Control-Allow-Origin header includes localhost, allowing telemetry to be sent directly from browser applications running on localhost.

Options:

Usage:
  otel-tui [flags]

Flags:
      --debug-log                 Enable debug log output to file (/tmp/otel-tui.log)
      --enable-datadog            Enable the Datadog and DogStatsD receivers
      --enable-zipkin             Enable the zipkin receiver
      --from-json-file string     The JSON file path exported by JSON exporter
      --grpc int                  The port number on which we listen for OTLP grpc payloads (default 4317)
  -h, --help                      help for otel-tui
      --host string               The host where we expose our OTLP endpoints (default "0.0.0.0")
      --http int                  The port number on which we listen for OTLP http payloads (default 4318)
      --prom-target stringArray   Enable the prometheus receiver and specify the target endpoints for the receiver (--prom-target "localhost:9000" --prom-target "http://other-host:9000/custom/prometheus")
  -v, --version                   version for otel-tui

Homebrew

$ brew install ymtdzzz/tap/otel-tui

go install

$ go install github.com/ymtdzzz/otel-tui@latest

Docker

Run in the container simply:

$ docker run --rm -it --name otel-tui ymtdzzz/otel-tui:latest

Or, run as a background process and attach it:

# Run otel-tui as a background process
$ docker run --rm -dit --name otel-tui ymtdzzz/otel-tui:latest

# Show TUI in your current terminal session
$ docker attach otel-tui

# Detach by pressing Ctrl+p -> Ctrl+q

Docker Compose

First, add service to your manifest (docker-compose.yaml) for the instrumanted app

oteltui:
  image: ymtdzzz/otel-tui:latest
  container_name: otel-tui
  stdin_open: true
  tty: true
  # Override entrypoint if you want use options
  entrypoint: ["/otel-tui", "--enable-zipkin"]

Modify configuration for otelcol

exporters:
  otlp:
    endpoint: oteltui:4317
    tls:
      insecure: true
service:
  pipelines:
    traces:
      exporters: [otlp]
    logs:
      exporters: [otlp]

Run as a background process and attach it:

# Run services as usual
$ docker compose up -d

# Show TUI in your current terminal session
$ docker compose attach oteltui

# Detach by pressing Ctrl+p -> Ctrl+q

Nix

nix develop github:ymtdzzz/otel-tui

Executable Binary from Github Release page

https://github.com/ymtdzzz/otel-tui/releases

From Source

$ git clone https://github.com/ymtdzzz/otel-tui.git
$ cd otel-tui
$ go run ./...

Clipboard Functionality Requirements

The clipboard feature (y key to copy log body) requires platform-specific tools:

• Linux/Unix: Install xclip or xsel command
• macOS: No additional tools required
• Windows: No additional tools required

Note: If clipboard tools are not available, the application will run normally but clipboard functionality will be disabled.

TODOs

There're a lot of things to do. Here are some of them:

• Traces
  • Display traces
  • Filter traces
  • Show trace information
• Metrics
  • Metric stream
    • Display metric stream
    • Filter metrics
    • Show metric information
    • Display basic chart of the selected metric
      • Gauge
      • Sum
      • Histogram
      • ExponentialHistogram
      • Summary
  • Metric list
    • Display metric stream
    • Flexible chart (query, selectable dimensions, etc.)
  • Auto refresh chart
  • Asynchronous chart rendering
• Logs
  • Display logs
  • Filter logs
  • Show log information
  • Show logs related to a specific trace or span
• UI
  • Improve UI
  • Add more keybindings
• Performance
  • Timer based refresh
  • Data rotation (current buffer size: 1000 service root spans and logs)
• Configurations
  • Port
  • Refresh interval
  • Buffer size

Contribution

Contributions are always welcome! Whether it's reporting an issue, suggesting a feature, or submitting a pull request, your involvement is greatly appreciated. Below is a simple guide to help you get started.

Creating a Pull Request

Fork the Repository

• Start by forking this repository to your GitHub account.

Make Your Changes

• Implement your changes in a new branch.

Write Tests

• Add tests to verify your changes. This helps ensure the stability of the project.

Run Lint checks and Tests

• Run the linting tools and test suite to verify your changes. Make sure everything passes before proceeding.

make lint
make test
make test-exporter

Open a Pull Request

• Push your branch to your forked repository.
• Open a pull request to the main repository, providing a clear description of your changes and their purpose.

Thank you for taking the time to contribute!