Molten
The premium Open Source alternative to AppDynamics
🎯 Best for:High-traffic PHP applications needing low-latency tracing.
What is Molten?
A high-performance PHP probe implemented as a C extension for capturing distributed tracing data. It supports Zipkin and OpenTracing protocols to provide visibility into legacy and modern PHP environments.
Tech Stack
CMonitoring & Logs
Why Molten?
- • Extremely low CPU overhead
- • Transparent instrumentation
- • Zipkin compatibility
Limitations
- • Requires C compilation
- • Limited documentation
- • PHP version specific builds
2/15/2026
Last Update
158
Forks
56
Issues
Apache-2.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on AppDynamics)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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