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> Grafana Agent has reached End-of-Life (EOL) on November 1, 2025. > We recommend migrating to the [Grafana Alloy] > collector, which is built on the foundation of Grafana Agent Flow. > > For more information, read our blog posts about Alloy and how to easily > migrate from Agent to Alloy: > > * [Alloy announcement blog post](https://grafana.com/blog/2024/04/09/grafana-alloy-opentelemetry-collector-with-prometheus-pipelines/) > * [Alloy FAQ](https://grafana.com/blog/2024/04/09/grafana-agent-to-grafana-alloy-opentelemetry-collector-faq/) > * [Migrate to Alloy](https://grafana.com/docs/alloy/latest/tasks/migrate/) > > [Grafana Alloy]: https://github.com/grafana/alloy

Grafana Agent is an OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with configuration inspired by [Terraform][]. It is designed to be flexible, performant, and compatible with multiple ecosystems such as Prometheus and OpenTelemetry. Grafana Agent is based around **components**. Components are wired together to form programmable observability **pipelines** for telemetry collection, processing, and delivery. > **NOTE**: This page focuses mainly on "[Flow mode][Grafana Agent Flow]," the > Terraform-inspired revision of Grafana Agent. Grafana Agent can collect, transform, and send data to: * The [Prometheus][] ecosystem * The [OpenTelemetry][] ecosystem * The Grafana open source ecosystem ([Loki][], [Grafana][], [Tempo][], [Mimir][], [Pyroscope][]) [Terraform]: https://terraform.io [Grafana Agent Flow]: https://grafana.com/docs/agent/latest/flow/ [Prometheus]: https://prometheus.io [OpenTelemetry]: https://opentelemetry.io [Loki]: https://github.com/grafana/loki [Grafana]: https://github.com/grafana/grafana [Tempo]: https://github.com/grafana/tempo [Mimir]: https://github.com/grafana/mimir [Pyroscope]: https://github.com/grafana/pyroscope ## Why use Grafana Agent? * **Vendor-neutral**: Fully compatible with the Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, and Grafana open source ecosystems. * **Every signal**: Collect telemetry data for metrics, logs, traces, and continuous profiles. * **Scalable**: Deploy on any number of machines to collect millions of active series and terabytes of logs. * **Battle-tested**: Grafana Agent extends the existing battle-tested code from the Prometheus and OpenTelemetry Collector projects. * **Powerful**: Write programmable pipelines with ease, and debug them using a [built-in UI][UI]. * **Batteries included**: Integrate with systems like MySQL, Kubernetes, and Apache to get telemetry that's immediately useful. [UI]: https://grafana.com/docs/agent/latest/flow/monitoring/debugging/#grafana-agent-flow-ui ## Getting started Check out our [documentation][] to see: * [Installation instructions][] for Grafana Agent Flow * Details about [Grafana Agent Flow][] * Steps for [Getting started][] with Grafana Agent Flow * The list of Grafana Agent Flow [Components][] [documentation]: https://grafana.com/docs/agent/latest/ [Installation instructions]: https://grafana.com/docs/agent/latest/flow/setup/install/ [Grafana Agent Flow]: https://grafana.com/docs/agent/latest/flow/ [Getting started]: https://grafana.com/docs/agent/latest/flow/getting_started/ [Components]: https://grafana.com/docs/agent/latest/flow/reference/components/ ## Example ``` … ``` We maintain an example [Docker Compose environment][] that can be used to launch dependencies to play with Grafana Agent locally. [Docker Compose environment]: ./example/docker-compose/ ## Release cadence A new minor release is planned every six weeks. The release cadence is best-effort: if necessary, releases may be performed outside of this cadence, or a scheduled release date can be moved forwards or backwards. Minor releases published on cadence include updating dependencies for upstream OpenTelemetry Collector code if new versions are available. Minor releases published outside of the release cadence may not include these dependency updates. Patch and security releases may be created at any time. ## Community To engage with the Grafana Agent community: * Chat with us on our community Slack channel. To invite yourself to the Grafana Slack, visit and join the `#agent` channel. * Ask questions on the [Discussions page][]. * [File an issue][] for bugs, issues, and feature suggestions. * Attend the monthly [community call][]. [Discussions page]: https://github.com/grafana/agent/discussions [File an issue]: https://github.com/grafana/agent/issues/new [community call]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TqaZD1JPfNadZ4V81OCBPCG_TksDYGlNlGdMnTWUSpo ## Contribute Refer to our [contributors guide][] to learn how to contribute. [contributors guide]: ./docs/developer/contributing.md