OpenTelemetry API
Python API for instrumenting applications with distributed tracing and observability.
Used in agent projects
62
0.5% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in logging, monitoring and analytics
#14 of 29
by use in those projects
Downloads
136M
PyPI, last 7 days, opentelemetry-api
GitHub stars
2,663
last push Oct 10, 2026
How OpenTelemetry API is used
OpenTelemetry API is a dependency in 62 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.5%), #14 of 29 in logging, monitoring and analytics. The most used alternative there is Vercel Analytics. Projects that use it most often also use OpenTelemetry SDK (87.1%), Pydantic (75.8%), PyYAML (72.6%).
Often used with OpenTelemetry API
| OpenTelemetry SDK | 87.1% of OpenTelemetry API projects · 178.4× more than average |
|---|---|
| Pydantic | 75.8% of OpenTelemetry API projects · 14.8× more than average |
| PyYAML | 72.6% of OpenTelemetry API projects · 23.9× more than average |
| Uvicorn | 64.5% of OpenTelemetry API projects · 15.1× more than average |
| Requests | 62.9% of OpenTelemetry API projects · 11.8× more than average |
| FastAPI | 61.3% of OpenTelemetry API projects · 14.5× more than average |
| python-dotenv | 61.3% of OpenTelemetry API projects · 9.4× more than average |
| NumPy | 53.2% of OpenTelemetry API projects · 13.9× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.9% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list OpenTelemetry API as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install opentelemetry-api |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (60), Next.js (2) |
| Example projects | learntocloud/learn-to-cloud-app, microsoft/spec-to-agents, kr8tiv-ai/Jarvis, DelineaXPM/delinea-mcp, RoboFinSystems/robosystems |
Alternatives to OpenTelemetry API
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel Analytics npm Real-time web analytics SDK for tracking traffic and user behavior. |
422 (3.3%) | 8.3M | 517 | MIT |
| pino-pretty npm Pretty-printer for Pino JSON logs to make terminal output human-readable. |
223 (1.8%) | 24.6M | 1,706 | MIT |
| Web Vitals npm Measure Core Web Vitals and other key performance metrics in JavaScript. |
222 (1.7%) | 48.7M | 8,640 | Apache-2.0 |
| Vercel Speed Insights npm Measure web performance metrics and get recommendations for improvement. |
167 (1.3%) | 5.6M | 116 | Apache-2.0 |
| psutil pypi Cross-platform library for retrieving process and system monitoring information. |
144 (1.1%) | 74.7M | 11.3K | BSD-3-Clause |
| Pino npm Ultra-fast JSON logger for Node.js with minimal overhead. |
129 (1.0%) | 53.3M | 18.2K | MIT |
| Sentry for Next.js npm Official Sentry SDK for error tracking and performance monitoring in Next.js apps. |
119 (0.9%) | 11.7M | 8,756 | MIT |
| Loguru pypi Simplified Python logging library with intuitive API and structured logging. |
108 (0.9%) | 16.4M | 24.1K | — |