# DataDog/datadog-agent

> Source code of Datadog Agent v6 and v7 — an agent that collects metrics, logs and traces from hosts and containers and ships them to the Datadog platform.

- Magnitude: 1.5 out of 10 — Steady
- Stars: 3,750 total · +2 stars today, ≈ 4 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: DevOps & infrastructure · Language: Go · License: Apache-2.0 · Created: 2016-01-19 · Last push: 2026-09-25
- GitHub: https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent · Homepage: https://docs.datadoghq.com/ · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/DataDog/datadog-agent

## Useful for

- Build the agent from source for a custom build or patch
- Deploy the agent on hosts and containers to collect metrics and logs
- Study the agent internals before contributing to the project

## Why it’s here

- 2 stars so far today, about 4 expected by the end of the day.
- GitHub Trending Go today: #6, +9 stars.
- Recent forks include notable developers: @danez (492 followers).

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 1,497
- Issues and pull requests: 56,643
- Watchers: 521
- Average over the last week: 3 per day
- Usual pace: 1 per day
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 0
- Latest release: 7.83.3 (2026-09-24)

## Stars per day, last 30 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-08-27 … 2026-09-25: 2, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 8, 2

## Spotted in now

- GitHub Trending Go today: #6, +9 stars

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