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Arize-ai/openinference

Arize-ai/openinference is a framework in RepoRadar's Radar section, holding Gold tier and a 'try now' verdict. Its strongest signal is workflow potential, scored 9.6 out of 10.

Score8.5
Popularity1.1
Risklow
TierGold
Score breakdown
Usefulness9.0
Novelty7.0
Momentum8.0
Maturity6.6
Open-source/build8.4
Evidence7.2
Workflow potential9.6
Setup ease8.8

Popularity is tracked separately. Support, ads, sponsorships, and tips never affect these signals.

Why it matters

Useful for AI engineering teams and platform teams who need a real Apache-2.0 OpenTelemetry-native path to instrument LLM / agent / RAG / vector-store code paths with the standard OTel gen_ai.* semconv (so traces land in any OTEL-compatible backend without per-vendor lock-in), for organizations standardizing on OTel who want one tracing layer across all of OpenAI / Anthropic / Gemini / LangChain

Who should use it

AI engineering teams and platform teams who need a real Apache-2.0 OpenTelemetry-native path to instrument LLM / agent / RAG / vector-store code paths organizations standardizing on OTel who want one tracing layer across all of OpenAI / Anthropic / Gemini / LangChain / LangGraph / LlamaIndex / Haystack / OpenAI Agents / Vercel AI / Pydantic AI / smolagents / MCP anyone evaluating an Apache-2.0 alternative to closed-pipeline AI observability SDKs that emits standard OTLP traces into Phoenix, Honeycomb, Datadog, Grafana Tempo, Jaeger, or SigNoz

Who should skip it

Skip Arize-ai/openinference if the source link, documentation, or setup requirements do not align with your current workflow or stack.

About this signal

Arize-ai/openinference is tracked by RepoRadar as a framework in the Radar section. First seen 2026-08-12; the source record was last checked on 2026-08-12. The current verdict is 'try now' with a Gold tier and easy setup difficulty. Across RepoRadar's eight signals, Arize-ai/openinference is strongest on workflow potential (9.6) and practical usefulness (9.0) and weakest on maturity (6.6) — a profile worth weighing against your own priorities. This page summarizes the public evidence on the linked source page and states where additional review is still needed.

How this item is evaluated

The Arize-ai/openinference record combines a 8.5/10 composite score with separate popularity (1.1), risk (low), and setup (easy) signals. See the scoring methodology for the current weights and evidence definitions.

Putting this into practice? Read How to evaluate an AI tool before you adopt it for the checklist behind this score.

Risk explanation

Risk label is still being reviewed from the captured evidence. Treat the item as unknown-risk until you review the linked source, permissions, setup path, and data access.

Evidence links
Closest alternatives / related signals
opentelemetry otel otlp llm-observability ai-observability tracing instrumentation openai
Verification record

What RepoRadar actually verified

Discovered

Automated discovery and source capture. Last checked 2026-08-13T19:31:03.163686Z.

No editorial or hands-on review is claimed. This record remains at Discovered.

Verification sources

Longitudinal intelligence

How this decision record is moving

Raw history JSON →

2 dated snapshots retained from 2026-08-12 through 2026-08-13; see the snapshot index for explicit coverage gaps. Stars, version, release, pricing, integration, risk, maintenance, verdict, score, and momentum fields remain explicit even when a source has not reported them. Repository momentum is a normalized 0–10 RepoRadar signal; GitHub stars appear only where the popularity monitor retained exact timestamped observations.

RepoRadar score8.5 current · +0.0 net
Repository momentum9.0 current · +1.0 net
GitHub stars (observed)Trend begins after a second recorded point.
GitHub stars1,141 exact observation
Versionpython-openinference-instrumentation-openllmetry-v0.1.14
Last release2026-08-12T19:10:49Z
Maintenanceactive
Current risklow
Current verdicttry now
Pricing baselineNo structured commercial pricing baseline
Pricing checkedNot applicable or not recorded
Pricing freshnessNo dated commercial pricing review
Integrations baselineGoogle Gemini, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Model Context Protocol, OpenAI, OpenTelemetry

Recent dated points

DateScoreMomentumStarsRiskVerdictMaintenance
2026-08-138.59.01,141lowtry nowactive
2026-08-128.58.0Not recordedlowtry nowsource activity not yet measured

Why the record changed

version changed

Version changed: not recorded → python-openinference-instrumentation-openllmetry-v0.1.14.

maintenance changed

Maintenance changed: source_activity_not_yet_measured → active.

new entity

Newly added to RepoRadar's decision catalog.