open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib
OpenTelemetry instrumentation for Python modules observed · 2026-09-03
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 8
- age_days: 2490
- days_rel: 13
- days_push: 0
- n_releases_24m: 54
Adoption not part of the score
1091 stars · 1049 forks observed · 2026-09-03
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A collection of OpenTelemetry instrumentation libraries for Python, providing automatic and manual instrumentation for popular Python frameworks, libraries, and modules. It emits vendor-neutral traces, metrics, and logs that can be exported to any observability backend.
Use cases
- instrument a Flask or Django app with distributed tracing
- auto-instrument Python microservices without changing code
- export traces and metrics to Jaeger or Prometheus from Python
- trace database and HTTP client calls in a Python application
- add observability to a Python web service with zero vendor lock-in
- correlate logs and traces across Python services
When to choose
- you need OpenTelemetry instrumentation for specific Python libraries and frameworks
- you want vendor-neutral telemetry exportable to any observability backend
- you want zero-code or automatic instrumentation for Python services
When to avoid
- you need a full observability backend with storage and visualization - OpenTelemetry only generates and exports data
- your stack is not Python - use the OpenTelemetry contrib packages for your language instead
- you only need simple application logging without tracing or metrics
Facets
library · maturity active
tracing monitoring logging middleware sdk monitoring developer-tools microservices python cross-platform cloud opentelemetry instrumentation telemetry distributed-tracing apm observability metrics auto-instrumentation devops web-server
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib · fetched 2026-09-03 · a094d1cf7a7c
- homepage: https://opentelemetry.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · 51756d27c4f1
- site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 06566227bba9
- site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/what-is-opentelemetry · fetched 2026-08-29 · dd58475f7d30
- site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/demo · fetched 2026-08-29 · 03a34a004b8f
- site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/signals/traces · fetched 2026-08-29 · 123b7f8bc630
- site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/signals/metrics · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5fe9fc342c92
- site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/signals/logs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 126e1fa6c0a2
- site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/signals/baggage · fetched 2026-08-29 · fc18d0d07d4b
- site_page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/instrumentation/zero-code · fetched 2026-08-29 · c811260b8c51
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib | main | 99 |
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