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## About this project

This is the JavaScript version of [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/), a framework for collecting traces and metrics from applications.
This is the JavaScript version of [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/), a framework for collecting traces, metrics, and logs from applications.

## Quick Start

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## Supported Runtimes

| Platform Version | Supported |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| Node.JS `v18` | ✅ |
| Node.JS `v16` | ✅ |
| Node.JS `v14` | ✅ |
| Older Node Versions | See [Node Support](#node-support) |
| Web Browsers | ✅ See [Browser Support](#browser-support) below |
| Platform Version | Supported |
|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| Node.JS `v18` | :heavy_check_mark: |
| Node.JS `v16` | :heavy_check_mark: |
| Node.JS `v14` | :heavy_check_mark: |
| Older Node Versions | See [Node Support](#node-support) |
| Web Browsers | See [Browser Support](#browser-support) below |

### Node Support

Only Node.js Active or Maintenance LTS versions are supported.
Previous versions of node *may* work, but they are not tested by OpenTelemetry and they are not guaranteed to work.
Please note that versions of Node.JS v8 prior to `v8.12.0` will NOT work, because OpenTelemetry Node depends on the `perf_hooks` module introduced in `v8.5.0` and `performance.timeOrigin` that is set correctly starting in `v8.12.0`.
Note that versions of Node.JS v8 prior to `v8.12.0` will NOT work, because OpenTelemetry Node depends on the
`perf_hooks` module introduced in `v8.5.0` and `performance.timeOrigin` that is set correctly starting in `v8.12.0`.

### Browser Support

Automated browser tests are run in the latest version of Headless Chrome.
There is currently no list of officially supported browsers, but OpenTelemetry is developed using standard web technologies with wide support and should work in currently supported versions of major browsers.
> [!IMPORTANT]
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> Client instrumentation for the browser is **experimental** and mostly **unspecified**. If you are interested in
> helping out, get in touch with the [Client Instrumentation SIG][client-instrumentation-sig].

There is currently no list of officially supported browsers. OpenTelemetry is developed using standard web
technologies and aims to work in currently supported versions of major browsers.

## Package Version Compatibility

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[up-for-grabs-issues]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/OpenTelemetry-js/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aup-for-grabs
[good-first-issues]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/OpenTelemetry-js/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22

[client-instrumentation-sig]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16Vsdh-DM72AfMg_FIt9yT9ExEWF4A_vRbQ3jRNBe09w/edit

[docs]: https://open-telemetry.github.io/opentelemetry-js
[compliance-matrix]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/spec-compliance-matrix.md
[CONTRIBUTING]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
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