# OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib

> Apache-2.0 extra OTel components

**Category:** Observability  
**Pricing:** open-source  
**URL:** https://opentelemetry.io/docs/collector/  
**GitHub:** https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib  
**Added:** 2026-10-15

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## The Hook

collector-contrib holds the hundreds of community and vendor components for the OpenTelemetry Collector — receivers for logs, metrics and traces from almost any source, processors, and exporters to most backends.

## What's Good

Apache-2.0 (open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib), release v0.163.0. The place to find a receiver for your database, cloud or message queue, or an exporter for your backend. Prebuilt in the otelcol-contrib distribution, or pick components with the OpenTelemetry Collector Builder. ★~5k.

## The Catch

Component maturity varies — each one carries its own stability level, and some are alpha. Most teams run a vendor distribution or a custom build with only the components they need rather than the full contrib binary. Vs opentelemetry (the overall standard and SDKs): this is the Collector add-on catalogue.

## Verdict

Where nearly every Collector integration lives — check each component’s stability and build only what you use.