# Netflow Receiver

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> OpenTelemetry Collector receiver · contrib distribution

The Netflow Receiver can listen for [netflow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetFlow), [sflow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SFlow), and [ipfix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_Flow_Information_Export) data and convert it to OpenTelemetry logs. The receiver is based on the [goflow2](https://github.com/netsampler/goflow2) project.

- **Component ID**: `contrib-netflowreceiver`
- **Name**: `netflowreceiver`
- **Type**: receiver
- **Distribution**: contrib
- **Repository**: `opentelemetry-collector-contrib`

## Stability

| Level | Signals |
| --- | --- |
| alpha | logs |

## Data

- **JSON**: [/data/collector/components/contrib-netflowreceiver/contrib-netflowreceiver-11b85f4e3eb6.json](/data/collector/components/contrib-netflowreceiver/contrib-netflowreceiver-11b85f4e3eb6.json)
- **Explore**: [/collector/components/contrib/netflowreceiver](/collector/components/contrib/netflowreceiver)