HertzBeat is an open source real-time observability system that unifies metrics collection, logging, alerting, and notification distribution in a single platform.
The system addresses the complexity of monitoring heterogeneous infrastructure by combining collection, analysis, alerting, and notification into one integrated platform. It operates without requiring agents on monitored systems and achieves this through configurable protocol handlers for HTTP, JMX, SSH, SNMP, JDBC, and Prometheus. Users can define custom monitoring templates using YAML files, enabling rapid adaptation to new monitoring types like Kubernetes or Docker without code changes. The tool includes AI-powered interactions and built-in MCP Server capabilities for intelligent management and analysis of observability data.
HertzBeat suits organizations seeking a unified observability platform that consolidates previously separate tools. It works well for teams needing agentless monitoring across diverse infrastructure including applications, databases, caches, operating systems, middleware, and cloud-native systems. The platform supports horizontal scaling through multi-collector clusters and can operate in both public cluster and private cloud-edge modes. It provides Prometheus compatibility and includes powerful status page building capabilities for communicating service status to users. The tool integrates with multiple notification channels including Email, Discord, Slack, Telegram, DingTalk, WeChat, FeiShu, SMS, and Webhook.
The project maintains active development with regular feature additions including unified logging platform integration via OTLP protocol, flexible alerting rules with grouping and convergence capabilities, and expanding notification channel support. Development activity shows ongoing enhancement of core observability capabilities alongside new AI-powered features and MCP Server integration. The codebase demonstrates sustained work on multi-collector cluster infrastructure and cloud-edge collaboration patterns.
