Pinpoint

Spec sheet

Purpose

Pinpoint is an APM tool for large-scale distributed systems that traces transactions across distributed applications.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Product

Pinpoint is an application performance management tool for large-scale distributed systems written in Java and PHP.Read 5 Oct 2026 · pinpoint-apm.github.io

Deployment

The installation guide says a self-managed instance requires HBase, Pinpoint Collector, Pinpoint Web, and an Agent attached to a Java application.Read 5 Oct 2026 · pinpoint-apm.github.io

Integrations

The supported modules list includes technologies such as Tomcat, Spring Boot, gRPC, Kafka, MySQL, Redis, and MongoDB.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Support

The project directs users to GitHub issues, a Google group, and Gitter for questions and community support.Read 5 Oct 2026 · pinpoint-apm.github.io

License

Pinpoint is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Founded

2012Read 28 Sep 2026 · pinpoint-apm.github.io

Application metrics

Inspector displays CPU usage, memory and garbage collection, TPS, and JVM arguments.Read 5 Oct 2026 · pinpoint-apm.github.io

Distributed tracing

It traces transaction flows across application components to help identify problem areas and bottlenecks.Read 5 Oct 2026 · pinpoint-apm.github.io

Instrumentation

The Pinpoint Agent uses bytecode instrumentation to trace calls without requiring application code modifications.Read 5 Oct 2026 · pinpoint-apm.github.io

Live monitoring

The Realtime Active Thread Chart monitors active threads inside applications in real time.Read 5 Oct 2026 · pinpoint-apm.github.io

Monitoring views

The interface includes a real-time active-thread chart, a request/response scatter chart, call-stack views, and an application inspector.Read 5 Oct 2026 · pinpoint-apm.github.io

Open source license

Pinpoint is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.Read 5 Oct 2026 · pinpoint-apm.github.io

Performance overhead

The home page describes the resource-usage increase as approximately 3%.Read 5 Oct 2026 · pinpoint-apm.github.io

Resource impact

The project describes Pinpoint's resource usage increase as approximately 3%.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Sampling

The agent can sample traces, and its sampling rate setting controls how often transactions are traced.Read 5 Oct 2026 · pinpoint-apm.github.io

Security and privacy

The Web module tracks the number and order of selected UI clicks with Google Analytics, and the project documents a setting to disable this collection.Read 5 Oct 2026 · pinpoint-apm.github.io

Server map

The ServerMap visualizes distributed-system topology and shows component status and transaction counts.Read 5 Oct 2026 · pinpoint-apm.github.io

Storage requirement

The installation guide says Pinpoint uses HBase as the storage backend for the Collector and Web.Read 5 Oct 2026 · pinpoint-apm.github.io

Supported application languages

The project says it supports applications written in Java, PHP, and Python.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Topology view

ServerMap visualizes distributed system components and shows component status and transaction counts.Read 5 Oct 2026 · pinpoint-apm.github.io

Trace analysis

CallStack provides code-level visibility into transactions to help identify bottlenecks and failures.Read 5 Oct 2026 · pinpoint-apm.github.io

Usage telemetry

The Web module tracks the number and order of clicks in the Server Map, Transaction List, and Inspector View; the page documents a configuration option to disable this tracking.Read 5 Oct 2026 · pinpoint-apm.github.io

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