{"categories":[{"label":"Monitoring","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/system-monitoring/5"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"A client library for sending metrics to Etsy's statsd server, which acts as a front-end proxy to Graphite for stats collection and graphing.","skillfed_tags":["metrics","monitoring","graphite"],"use_cases":["Track application performance metrics like request latency and throughput in production systems.","Monitor custom business metrics (e.g., user signups, transactions) alongside infrastructure metrics.","Collect timing data for code sections using the Timer class to measure execution performance.","Send pre-aggregated or raw metric data directly to Graphite via statsd for bandwidth efficiency."],"what_it_does":"python-statsd is a Python client for sending application metrics to Etsy's statsd server, which acts as a UDP-based proxy that aggregates and forwards metrics to Graphite for storage and visualization. It provides a simple API for recording timers, counters, gauges, and raw metric data, with support for sampling and connection configuration.\n\nThe library is designed for low-overhead metric collection in production applications. It sends data via UDP to a statsd server (default localhost:8125), which then handles aggregation and forwarding to Graphite. The package has no runtime dependencies and installs easily, but is no longer maintained\u2014the last release was in 2017 and the repository received its final commit in 2019.","worth_installing":"No. While the package is simple and has no dependencies, it is abandoned and unmaintained since 2017. For new projects, use an actively maintained alternative like statsd or a modern observability client. Only consider it for legacy systems already using it where switching would introduce unnecessary risk."},"id":"python-statsd","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/python-statsd","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/python-statsd.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/python-statsd/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2017-09-05","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"python-statsd","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"statsd is a client for Etsy's node-js statsd server. A proxy for the Graphite stats collection and graphing server."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":87528,"position":13790,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"2.1.0"}