aws-opentelemetry-distro
AWS OpenTelemetry Python Distro
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Yes, if you are building Python applications on AWS or using OpenTelemetry and want a pre-assembled, AWS-endorsed distribution. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and bundles the instrumentation you'd otherwise assemble manually. Not necessary if you prefer to hand-pick individual OpenTelemetry components or are not using AWS services.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later; intended for auto-instrumentation of Python applications, not standalone use.
- Low install friction with a pure-wheel distribution.
- Actively maintained with a recent release (22 days old) and current commit activity.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; suitable for most production environments.
last release 2026-07-23 (22 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-13 · 12 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 3,467,075 downloads/mo, #2,613 on PyPI
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pip install aws-opentelemetry-distro
from opentelemetry.distro import configure_distro
configure_distro()- Whether the 63 runtime dependencies are all optional or if some are required for basic functionality.
- Whether auto-instrumentation works without additional environment configuration or setup beyond import.
- Performance overhead of instrumentation on typical application workloads.
What it is and what it does
This package is AWS's curated distribution of OpenTelemetry for Python, bundling the core OpenTelemetry libraries with AWS-specific exporters (OTLP over gRPC and HTTP) and instrumentation for dozens of popular frameworks and libraries. It simplifies setup by pre-selecting compatible versions and AWS best practices, rather than requiring manual assembly of individual OpenTelemetry components.
The package enables auto-instrumentation of Python applications—meaning traces, metrics, and logs are automatically collected from supported frameworks like Django, FastAPI, Flask, and AWS services like Lambda, SQS, and botocore—without requiring manual span creation in application code. It's designed for developers who want observability integrated into their Python applications with minimal boilerplate, particularly those already using AWS infrastructure.
Use it for
- Auto-instrument a FastAPI or Flask application to send traces to AWS X-Ray or an OpenTelemetry collector without manual span code.
- Monitor AWS Lambda function execution with automatic instrumentation of boto3 and botocore calls.
- Collect traces from a Celery task queue or Kafka consumer application for distributed tracing across microservices.
- Enable observability for a Django application with automatic database and HTTP instrumentation.
- Export application telemetry to an OTLP-compatible backend (e.g., Datadog, Honeycomb, or self-hosted collector).
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you are building Python applications on AWS or using OpenTelemetry and want a pre-assembled, AWS-endorsed distribution.
The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and bundles the instrumentation you'd otherwise assemble manually. Not necessary if you prefer to hand-pick individual OpenTelemetry components or are not using AWS services.
Install
aws-opentelemetry-distro on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-wheel distribution. Actively maintained with a recent release (22 days old) and current commit activity. Requires Python 3.10 or later.
Requires Python 3.10 or later; intended for auto-instrumentation of Python applications, not standalone use.
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; suitable for most production environments.
Quickstart
pip install aws-opentelemetry-distro
from opentelemetry.distro import configure_distro
configure_distro()Verify before relying
- Whether the 63 runtime dependencies are all optional or if some are required for basic functionality.
- Whether auto-instrumentation works without additional environment configuration or setup beyond import.
- Performance overhead of instrumentation on typical application workloads.
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 63 packagesbytecodecachetoolsopentelemetry-apiopentelemetry-distroopentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-commonopentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpcopentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-httpopentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pikaopentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-clientopentelemetry-instrumentation-aiokafkaopentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopgopentelemetry-instrumentation-asgiopentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpgopentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambdaopentelemetry-instrumentation-boto3sqsopentelemetry-instrumentation-botocoreopentelemetry-instrumentation-cassandraopentelemetry-instrumentation-celeryopentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafkaopentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapiopentelemetry-instrumentation-djangoopentelemetry-instrumentation-falconopentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapiopentelemetry-instrumentation-flaskopentelemetry-instrumentation-grpcopentelemetry-instrumentation-httpxopentelemetry-instrumentation-jinja2opentelemetry-instrumentation-kafka-pythonopentelemetry-instrumentation-loggingopentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 22 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 3,467,075 / month, #2,613 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 4 - BetaIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software LicenseProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14 |
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