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title: "Beyla and OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation | Grafana Beyla documentation"
description: "Learn how Grafana Beyla relates to OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI), and how to use OBI with Grafana."
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Beyla and OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation

Grafana Beyla is the Grafana Labs distribution of [OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/zero-code/obi/) (OBI). Both projects are open source, share the same eBPF auto-instrumentation code, and work with Grafana Cloud.

- [Compare Beyla and OBI](https://grafana.com/docs/beyla/latest/beyla-and-obi/compare/)  
  Compare Grafana Beyla with OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI), including how the projects relate, how their configuration differs, and what Beyla adds for the Grafana ecosystem.
- [Use OBI with Grafana](https://grafana.com/docs/beyla/latest/beyla-and-obi/use-obi/)  
  Configure OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI) for Grafana Cloud Application Observability and Knowledge Graph, and use OpenTelemetry projects for capabilities that Grafana Beyla includes.