Hello HertzBeat Mentors, PPMCs, and Community, As you know, Apache HertzBeat (incubating) entered the Apache Incubator on April 5, 2024. After more than a year of incubation and development, HertzBeat has grown into a vibrant and healthy community, with 271+ contributors and a growing user base. This progress and community vitality were recently recognized by another Apache Incubator mentor, https://lists.apache.org/thread/pk1vxfgtm8j0t2mttdfrcg98o2g1tk92
I’d like to initiate a discussion regarding the graduation of Apache HertzBeat from the Apache Incubator to become a Top-Level Project (TLP). *About HertzBeat* Apache HertzBeat (incubating) is an easy-to-use, agentless, real-time monitoring and observability platform. • GitHub: https://github.com/apache/hertzbeat • Website: https://hertzbeat.apache.org/ *Community & Contributors* The community consists of *271 contributors, including 9 Committers and 13 PPMC members*, under the guidance of four mentors: *Yonglun Zhang, Yu Xiao, Justn Mclean, and Francis Chuang.* Recent community growth includes: • New PPMC members: Tianyou Liu (2025‑04‑30), Shenghang Zhang (2025‑03‑26) • New Committers: Lixin Diao, Kang Li, Yijun Yin Contributions include code, documentation, testing, blog content, and event participation. *Releases & Milestones* • 4 releases since entering incubation: • First incubating release: 1.6.0‑incubating (2024‑06‑15) • Latest stable release: 1.7.1‑incubating (2025‑05‑15) • Version 1.7.2-incubating is currently under vote • We provide binary, source, and Docker distributions for both the core and collector modules. *Governance & ASF Compliance* • Followed The Apache Way. • A documented and practiced contributor-to-committer process. • Licensed under Apache-2.0; integrates with Apache Arrow, Apache Maven, and other ASF projects. ⸻ *Sincere appreciation goes to:* • Our mentors for their invaluable guidance and support • All Committers, PPMC members, and contributors for their efforts in development, documentation, testing, advocacy, and community building ⸻ *Do you think we are ready to graduate as a TLP?* Looking forward to your feedback, suggestions, and support! Best regards, Tom
