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OpenTelemetry is an
[Observability](/docs/concepts/observability-primer/#what-is-observability)
framework and toolkit designed to create and manage telemetry data such as
[traces](/docs/concepts/signals/traces/),
[metrics](/docs/concepts/signals/metrics/), and
[logs](/docs/concepts/signals/logs/). Crucially, OpenTelemetry is vendor- and
tool-agnostic, meaning that it can be used with a broad variety of Observability
backends, including open source tools like
[Jaeger](https://www.jaegertracing.io/) and
[Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/), as well as commercial offerings.

OpenTelemetry is not an observability backend like Jaeger, Prometheus, or other
commercial vendors. OpenTelemetry is focused on the generation, collection,
management, and export of telemetry. A major goal of OpenTelemetry is that you
can easily instrument your applications or systems, no matter their language,
infrastructure, or runtime environment. Crucially, the storage and visualization
of telemetry is intentionally left to other tools.
OpenTelemetry is:

- An [Observability](/docs/concepts/observability-primer/#what-is-observability)
framework and toolkit designed to create and manage telemetry data such as
[traces](/docs/concepts/signals/traces/),
[metrics](/docs/concepts/signals/metrics/), and
[logs](/docs/concepts/signals/logs/).
- Vendor- and tool-agnostic, meaning that it can be used with a broad variety of
Observability backends, including open source tools like
[Jaeger](https://www.jaegertracing.io/) and
[Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/), as well as commercial offerings.
- Not an observability backend like Jaeger, Prometheus, or other commercial
vendors.
- Focused on the generation, collection, management, and export of telemetry. A
major goal of OpenTelemetry is that you can easily instrument your
applications or systems, no matter their language, infrastructure, or runtime
environment. The storage and visualization of telemetry is intentionally left
to other tools.

## What is observability?

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