# Fluent Bit

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/fluent-bit
- **Category:** Log Management Software
- **Homepage:** https://fluentbit.io/
- **Also known as:** fluent-bit
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-05T13:31:40.230Z

## Vioscale score

**61.1 / 100**, confidence 15% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 0 | 0.047 | 0 | - |
| reliability | 0 | 0.175 | 0 | - |
| capabilities | 28.9 | 0.07 | 2 | ✓ |
| github_stars | 73.6 | 0.029 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| integrations | 57.6 | 0.094 | 5.4 | ✓ |
| github_activity | 63.1 | 0.105 | 6.6 | ✓ |
| release_cadence | 95.6 | 0.058 | 5.5 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 0 | 0.129 | 0 | - |
| package_downloads | 0 | 0.152 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 0 | 0.07 | 0 | - |
| stackoverflow_activity | 0 | 0.07 | 0 | - |

## About

Fluent Bit is a super fast, lightweight, and highly scalable logging, metrics, and traces processor and forwarder.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** Linux, Windows
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS, Hybrid, On-premise, Self-hosted

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Log Management Software. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Core** | |
| Pipeline role | Shipper |
| **Search** | |
| Full-text log search | - |
| **Processing** | |
| Structured parsing | ✓ |
| **Search** | |
| Live tail / stream | - |
| **Ops** | |
| Log-based alerting | - |
| Dashboards / visualisation | - |
| **Storage** | |
| Retention tiering | - |
| **Processing** | |
| PII redaction at ingest | - |
| **Interop** | |
| OpenTelemetry logs | Native |
| **Storage** | |
| Object-store columnar backend | - |
| **Deployment** | |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Interop** | |
| Query language | - |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### license

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | [link](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit) | 2026-08-01 | 95% (high) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.model | commercial | [link](https://fluentbit.io/) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

### release

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| release.cadence_days | 8 | [link](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/releases) | 2026-08-01 | 70% (medium) |

### activity

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | [link](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/pulse) | 2026-08-01 | 65% (medium) |

### adoption

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adoption.github_stars | 8,003 | [link](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit) | 2026-08-01 | 90% (high) |

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 100 | [link](https://fluentbit.io/) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

### language

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language.primary | C | [link](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit) | 2026-08-01 | 90% (high) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/fluent-bit). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*