# orb

> Orb is a self-hosted, open-source network observability platform that orchestrates a fleet of lightweight agents to analyze traffic at the edge.

- **Category:** Network Monitoring
- **Licence:** MPL-2.0
- **Latest version:** v0.30.0
- **Open source:** oss
- **Languages:** Typescript, Gherkin, Go, Python
- **Platforms:** Docker, Kubernetes
- **Tags:** Monitoring, Metrics, Grafana, Cloud Native, DNS, Dhcp, Observability, Fleet Management, Opentelemetry, Telemetry, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Analysis, Self Hosted, Edge, Control plane, Netflow, Sflow, Flow, O11y, Network Visibility, Packet Analyser, Synthetic Monitoring, Agent Fleet, Packet Analysis, Network Observability, DNS Analysis

## Description

Orb is a network observability platform built for distributed, hybrid infrastructure. It deploys a control plane on Kubernetes (via Helm) and lightweight agents on monitored hosts. Agents connect outbound via MQTT to the control plane, avoiding firewall issues, and are dynamically reconfigured in real time through policies. The embedded pktvisor engine analyzes packets, DNS, DHCP, sFlow/NetFlow, dnstap, and runs synthetic probes (ping, TCP). Metrics are exported natively via OpenTelemetry to sinks such as Prometheus, Elasticsearch, and cloud storage. A responsive web UI and REST API manage agents, groups, policies, and datasets. The project is free and open source under MPL-2.0, backed by NetBox Labs.

## Links

- [Homepage](https://github.com/orb-community/orb)
- [Website](https://orb.community)
- [Docker](orbcommunity/orb-agent)
- [Community Slack](https://netdev.chat/)
- [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/orb-community/orb)
- [Orb REST API Docs](https://orb.community/api/orb_rest_api/)
- [Docker Hub (orb-agent)](https://hub.docker.com/r/orbcommunity)

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