---
title: "Quickwit Cloud-Native Search Engine for Observability Logs and Traces"
description: "Quickwit is a cloud-native search engine built in Rust for log management and distributed tracing. It offers sub-second search on cloud storage (S3, Azure Blob, GCS), an Elasticsearch-compatible API, native OpenTelemetry and Jaeger integration, and decoupled compute and storage architecture."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/quickwit-oss/quickwit"
author: "Quickwit OSS"
category:
  - "Monitoring & Alerts"
framework:
  - "Custom Agents"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "quickwit-oss/quickwit"
  github_stars: 11067
---

# Quickwit Cloud-Native Search Engine for Observability Logs and Traces

Quickwit is a cloud-native search engine built in Rust for log management and distributed tracing. It offers sub-second search on cloud storage (S3, Azure Blob, GCS), an Elasticsearch-compatible API, native OpenTelemetry and Jaeger integration, and decoupled compute and storage architecture.

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/quickwit-cloud-native-search-engine-observability/)