{"categories":[{"label":"Monitoring","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/system-monitoring/4"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Scout APM is a Python application performance monitoring agent that collects detailed performance metrics and transaction traces for Django, Flask, Celery, and other web frameworks.","skillfed_tags":["apm","performance-monitoring","instrumentation"],"use_cases":["Monitor response times and identify slow endpoints in Django or Flask production applications.","Track Celery worker task performance and detect long-running or failing background jobs.","Collect transaction traces to diagnose database query bottlenecks and N+1 problems.","Correlate application performance with deployment changes and infrastructure metrics.","Profile custom business logic using Scout's instrumentation API for unsupported frameworks."],"what_it_does":"Scout APM is an application performance monitoring agent for Python web applications and workers. Once installed and configured, it automatically instruments Django, Flask, Celery, and several other frameworks to collect performance metrics and detailed transaction traces, which are then sent to Scout's cloud service for analysis and visualization.\n\nThe agent works by wrapping framework components and system calls to measure response times, database queries, and other performance-critical operations. It requires an active Scout APM account (or Heroku Addon) to view the collected data. For frameworks not in the built-in integration list, Scout provides an instrumentation API for manual integration.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you are running Django, Flask, Celery, or one of the other supported frameworks and have an active Scout APM account. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and a permissive license. The main prerequisite is a Scout service subscription to view the collected data; without it, the agent will collect metrics but have nowhere to send them."},"id":"scout-apm","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/scout-apm","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/scout-apm.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/scout-apm/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-02-12","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"scout-apm","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Scout Application Performance Monitoring Agent"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":161459,"position":10631,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"3.5.3"}