minimal-snowplow-tracker

A minimal snowplow event tracker for Python. Add analytics to your Python and Django apps, webapps and games

minimal-snowplow-tracker v0.0.2 4.1M downloads/30d#2,385 on PyPI

Permissive license Apache License 2.0 Abandoned released 2018-10-13

What it is and what it does

minimal-snowplow-tracker is a stripped-down fork of the Snowplow Python tracker that lets you send event data from Python applications to a Snowplow analytics backend. It removes most emitters and tracking methods, keeping only the basic emitter and structured/unstructured event tracking. The package has no runtime dependencies, making it lightweight, but it requires a Snowplow collector endpoint to actually send events to.

The tracker is designed for Python applications, games, and web servers that need to instrument analytics events. However, the package has been abandoned for over seven years—the last release was in October 2018, and there is no active maintenance or repository activity. It was originally forked from Snowplow's official tracker v0.8.0 by Fishtown Analytics and supports Python 2.7 and Python 3.3–3.7.

Use it for:

Instrument event tracking in legacy Python 2.7 or early Python 3 applications already using Snowplow
Add basic analytics to Python games or standalone applications that report to a Snowplow collector
Collect structured event data from Python web servers or frameworks with minimal dependencies

Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying

Sends event data from Python applications to Snowplow analytics servers using a minimal event tracker.

No. The package is abandoned (last release 2862 days ago) with no maintenance or repository activity. While it carries no known vulnerabilities and uses a permissive license, the lack of updates for modern Python versions, no active support, and high install friction make it unsuitable for new projects. Consider maintained alternatives instead.

Install

minimal-snowplow-tracker on PyPI

pip

pip install minimal-snowplow-tracker

uv

uv add minimal-snowplow-tracker

poetry

poetry add minimal-snowplow-tracker

Installing minimal-snowplow-tracker

Before you install

High install friction with abandoned maintenance status—last release was 2862 days ago with no recent activity. Not actively maintained.

License in practice

Licensed under Apache License 2.0 (permissive), allowing commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; you must retain license notices in distributions.

Quickstart

pip install minimal-snowplow-tracker==0.0.2

Requires a running Snowplow collector endpoint to send events to; package supports Python 2.7 and Python 3.3–3.7 only.

Verify before relying

Whether the package works reliably with modern Python versions beyond 3.7
Current state of the Snowplow collector protocol and compatibility
Whether the basic emitter still functions with current Snowplow infrastructure
What the actual API surface is for structured and unstructured event tracking

Package facts

License	Apache License 2.0 (permissive)
Python support	not specified
Install friction	high — source build required
Runtime dependencies	none
Maintenance	abandoned — 2,862 days since the last release
First released	2018-07-13
Downloads	4,068,546/month — #2,385 on PyPI (30-day window, as of 2026-08-14)
Known vulnerabilities	none known (OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14)

Evidence: minimal-snowplow-tracker-0.0.2.tar.gz

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