# statsite/statsite

C implementation of statsd

Repository: https://github.com/statsite/statsite
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/statsite
Homepage: http://statsite.github.io/statsite/
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: statsd, stats, statsite, aggregated-metrics
Last push: 2021-06-11T12:37:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5237, "days_push": 1909, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1818, forks 239 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:40.713640+00:00)

## What it is
Statsite is a high-performance metrics aggregation server written in C, wire-compatible with Etsy's StatsD. It collects counters, gauges, timers, and sets over TCP/UDP, aggregates them efficiently (including HyperLogLog set cardinality estimation), and streams results to sinks like Graphite, InfluxDB, and CloudWatch.

## Use cases
- aggregate statsd metrics at high throughput
- replace statsd with a faster C implementation
- ship timer percentiles and histograms to graphite
- estimate unique set cardinalities with hyperloglog
- collect application metrics over UDP
- forward metrics to influxdb or cloudwatch

## When to choose
- you need statsd wire compatibility with much higher performance and lower memory usage
- you want pluggable sinks via a stream handler architecture
- you need efficient percentile/histogram computation on large metric volumes

## When to avoid
- you need a modern, actively developed metrics pipeline (consider native agents or OpenTelemetry)
- you require exact percentile accuracy rather than epsilon-bounded estimates
- you want a pure-Python or easily hackable statsd implementation

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: maintenance
- function: monitoring, analytics, http-server
- domain: monitoring, analytics, performance
- platform: cross-platform, cli
- tags: statsd, metrics-aggregation, hyperloglog, graphite, c, wire-compatible, timers, counters, gauges, devops, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- statsite/statsite (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:40.713640+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:20:09.084572+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/statsite/statsite (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:40.713640+00:00, sha 17ea27821c41)
  - homepage: http://statsite.github.io/statsite/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:59:08.377722+00:00, sha fb1992de66fe)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.