{"categories":[{"label":"Monitoring","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/system-monitoring/4"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Glean SDK is Mozilla's telemetry collection library that lets applications gather, validate, and send structured usage data to Mozilla's data pipeline.","skillfed_tags":["telemetry","mozilla","data-collection"],"use_cases":["Collect structured telemetry from Python applications to understand user behavior and feature adoption","Validate telemetry schemas at build time using glean-parser before runtime data collection","Send batched usage metrics and performance data to Mozilla's telemetry pipeline for analysis","Track application events, crashes, and performance metrics in a privacy-respecting, schema-validated way","Integrate telemetry collection into desktop or server applications without building custom instrumentation"],"what_it_does":"Glean SDK is Mozilla's production telemetry framework, providing Python bindings to a Rust-backed core library. It enables applications to define, collect, and transmit structured telemetry data (events, counters, timings, and other metrics) through a standardized schema-driven approach. The SDK handles validation, batching, and transmission of telemetry pings to Mozilla's data infrastructure.\n\nThe package depends on semver for version handling and glean-parser for schema validation. It ships as pre-built wheels for major platforms (macOS, Linux, Windows) and architectures (x86_64, ARM64), reducing installation friction. The library is actively maintained by Mozilla's data platform team and has been in production use since 2019.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need to send telemetry to Mozilla's infrastructure or adopt a schema-driven telemetry framework. The SDK is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and ships with pre-built wheels for common platforms. The main caveat is that license treatment is unclear in the package metadata\u2014verify the actual license (likely MPL 2.0 per the repository) before use in proprietary contexts."},"id":"glean-sdk","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/glean-sdk","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/glean-sdk.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/glean-sdk/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-06-22","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"unclear","name":"glean-sdk","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Mozilla's Glean Telemetry SDK: The Machine that Goes 'Ping!'"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":221043,"position":9285,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"69.0.0"}
