Show HN: rtcollector - A modular, RedisTimeSeries-native observability agent
Published on: 2025-06-26 04:53:37
rtcollector
A modular, RedisTimeSeries-native observability agent.
Designed for developers, tinkerers, and infrastructure teams who want full control over metrics collection, without the bloat.
🧠What is rtcollector ?
rtcollector is a lightweight, plugin-based agent for collecting system and application metrics, and pushing them to RedisTimeSeries.
It works like Telegraf, but is designed specifically for the Redis Stack ecosystem.
Think of it as your Redis-native observability layer: simple, fast, hackable.
🤔 Why does it exist?
Because most modern observability agents:
Are too bloated or overkill for smaller projects or edge deployments
Assume you're using Prometheus, InfluxDB, or Elastic
Lack good support for RedisTimeSeries as a first-class output
Why not?
rtcollector was born out of the need for:
✅ Something modular
✅ Configurable with a YAML file
✅ Built with RedisStack in mind
✅ Small enough to embed anywhere (VMs, Docker, homelabs, edge devices)
✅ What it can do
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