# Fluentd

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/fluentd
- **Category:** Log Management Software
- **Homepage:** https://www.fluentd.org/
- **Also known as:** fluentd
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-05T13:31:42.689Z

## Vioscale score

**60.7 / 100**, confidence 17% (low).

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

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 100 | 0.047 | 4.7 | ✓ |
| reliability | 0 | 0.175 | 0 | - |
| capabilities | 0 | 0.07 | 0 | - |
| github_stars | 78 | 0.029 | 2.3 | ✓ |
| integrations | 77.6 | 0.094 | 7.3 | ✓ |
| github_activity | 43.5 | 0.105 | 4.6 | ✓ |
| release_cadence | 67.2 | 0.058 | 3.9 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 0 | 0.129 | 0 | - |
| package_downloads | 0 | 0.152 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 25 | 0.07 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| stackoverflow_activity | 0 | 0.07 | 0 | - |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-05, [verify at source](https://www.fluentd.org/). Independently observed._

Open source · Free tier

## About

An open source data collector that provides a unified logging layer, allowing unification of data collection and consumption while decoupling data sources from backend systems.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment
- **Deployment:** Self-hosted

## Capabilities

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

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Core** | |
| Pipeline role | End-to-end platform |
| **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 | - |
| **Storage** | |
| Object-store columnar backend | - |
| **Deployment** | |
| Hosting | Self-hosted only |
| **Interop** | |
| Query language | - |

## Facts

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

### activity

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity.commits_last_30d | 23 | [link](https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pulse) | 2026-08-01 | 65% (medium) |

### adoption

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adoption.github_stars | 13,573 | [link](https://github.com/fluent/fluentd) | 2026-08-01 | 90% (high) |

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 500 | [link](https://www.fluentd.org/) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

### language

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

### license

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

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://www.fluentd.org/) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.model | commercial | [link](https://www.fluentd.org/) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | free | [link](https://www.fluentd.org/) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

### release

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| release.cadence_days | 59 | [link](https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/releases) | 2026-08-01 | 70% (medium) |

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