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The original was posted on /r/opensource by /u/hello-world012 on 2025-10-27 18:44:48+00:00.
I’ve been exploring OpenObserve lately — looked promising at first, but honestly, it feels like another open-core trap.
RBAC, SSO, fine-grained access — all locked behind “Enterprise.” The OSS version is fine for demos, but useless for real production use. If I can’t run it securely in production, what’s even the point of calling it open source?
I maintain open-source projects myself, so I get the need for sustainability. But hiding basic security and access control behind a paywall just kills trust.
Even Grafana offers proper RBAC in OSS. OpenObserve’s model feels like “open-source for marketing, closed for reality.” Disappointing.
Obviously I can build a wrapper its just some work, but opensource things should actually be production-ready