prometheus
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Description:
Service monitoring system and time series database
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 3.8.1@0  |  Tracked Since: Dec 16, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  @PrometheusIO  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Devops
Tags: monitoring observability time-series devops metrics
Install: brew install prometheus
About:
Prometheus is an open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit originally built at SoundCloud. It records real-time metrics in a time series database built using HTTP pull model, allowing for flexible queries and real-time alerting.
Key Features:
  • Multi-dimensional data model with time series identification by key-value pairs
  • Powerful query language (PromQL) for slicing and dicing collected data
  • No reliance on distributed storage; single server nodes are autonomous
  • Service discovery targets to automatically find systems to monitor
  • Pull model architecture for metrics collection
Use Cases:
  • Monitoring infrastructure and application metrics in cloud-native environments
  • Setting up alerts based on metric thresholds for incident response
  • Visualizing system performance and capacity planning
Alternatives:
  • Grafana – Often used alongside Prometheus for visualization, but focuses on dashboarding rather than data collection
  • Datadog – Commercial SaaS offering with similar capabilities but includes managed infrastructure and support
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