Show HN: Uptrace v2.0: 10x Faster Open-Source Observability with ClickHouse JSON

6 vmihailenco 1 7/24/2025, 7:45:02 AM uptrace.dev ↗

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vmihailenco · 1d ago
We’ve just released Uptrace v2.0, a major re-architecture of our open-source observability platform (traces, logs, metrics).

This release focuses on performance and scalability:

- 5–10x faster queries using ClickHouse’s new JSON column type (nested fields can be queried directly with dot-notation, no ETL or flattening required)

- Multi-project support – manage projects, users, and orgs via UI or YAML seed files

- Real-time data transformations (rename, filter, enrich spans/logs, sample dynamically) using an [Expr-based](https://github.com/expr-lang/expr) scripting system

- Redesigned dashboards and query builder for faster incident response and exploration

- Handles massive traces (10k–1M spans) with tunable resource limits

It’s still open-source and free to self-host. We’ve published migration guides, Ansible and Kubernetes deploy instructions, and full [release details](https://uptrace.dev/blog/uptrace-v20.html).

Would love feedback from the HN crowd — especially from folks scaling ClickHouse or building custom observability pipelines.

Links:

- Blog & details: https://uptrace.dev/blog/uptrace-v20.html

- Install guide: https://uptrace.dev/get/hosted/install

- GitHub: https://github.com/uptrace/uptrace