opentelemetry-contrib-instrumentations
OpenTelemetry Contrib Instrumentation Packages
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you are adopting OpenTelemetry across a Python application and want all available instrumentations available without managing individual package versions. The low install friction, active maintenance, and permissive license make it a straightforward choice. The beta status (0.65b0) is worth noting—verify stability expectations with your team before production use. If you only need a few specific instrumentations, installing them individually may be lighter.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later.
- Individual instrumentation packages may have additional framework or library dependencies.
- Low install friction with a pure Python wheel.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows free use, modification, and distribution in both open-source and commercial projects with minimal restrictions.
last release 2026-07-16 (29 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 1,086 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 288,955 downloads/mo, #8,009 on PyPI
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pip install opentelemetry-contrib-instrumentations
from opentelemetry.instrumentation.flask import FlaskInstrumentor
FlaskInstrumentor().instrument()- Whether installing this meta-package automatically activates all 51 instrumentations or if selective activation is required.
- Memory and startup-time overhead of loading all instrumentation packages simultaneously.
- Compatibility guarantees when underlying instrumented libraries are upgraded independently.
What it is and what it does
This is a convenience meta-package that bundles all OpenTelemetry instrumentation packages maintained in the Python Contrib repository. Rather than manually installing individual instrumentation packages for Flask, Django, FastAPI, databases, message queues, and other services, you install this single package to get access to the entire collection. It acts as a one-stop installation point for developers who want comprehensive tracing coverage across their Python application stack.
The package itself contains no tracing logic—it is purely a dependency aggregator. The actual instrumentation work is performed by the 51 runtime dependencies it pulls in, each of which hooks into a specific library (aiohttp, Celery, gRPC, MySQL, Kafka, etc.) to emit OpenTelemetry spans and metrics. This is most useful for teams adopting observability across a heterogeneous application or for development environments where you want all instrumentation available without cherry-picking.
Use it for
- Set up comprehensive distributed tracing across a microservices architecture using a single install command.
- Enable automatic span generation for all supported frameworks and libraries in a monolithic application.
- Provide a development environment with full instrumentation coverage to experiment with different observability backends.
- Simplify onboarding of observability into existing Python projects by installing all instrumentations at once.
- Ensure consistent tracing across heterogeneous stacks that use multiple frameworks, databases, and message brokers.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you are adopting OpenTelemetry across a Python application and want all available instrumentations available without managing individual package versions.
The low install friction, active maintenance, and permissive license make it a straightforward choice. The beta status (0.65b0) is worth noting—verify stability expectations with your team before production use. If you only need a few specific instrumentations, installing them individually may be lighter.
Install
opentelemetry-contrib-instrumentations on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure Python wheel. Actively maintained with a recent release (29 days old) and active repository status. Supports current Python versions (3.10–3.14).
Requires Python 3.10 or later. Individual instrumentation packages may have additional framework or library dependencies.
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows free use, modification, and distribution in both open-source and commercial projects with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install opentelemetry-contrib-instrumentations
from opentelemetry.instrumentation.flask import FlaskInstrumentor
FlaskInstrumentor().instrument()Verify before relying
- Whether installing this meta-package automatically activates all 51 instrumentations or if selective activation is required.
- Memory and startup-time overhead of loading all instrumentation packages simultaneously.
- Compatibility guarantees when underlying instrumented libraries are upgraded independently.
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 51 packagesopentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pikaopentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-clientopentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-serveropentelemetry-instrumentation-aiokafkaopentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopgopentelemetry-instrumentation-asgiopentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncclickopentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncioopentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpgopentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambdaopentelemetry-instrumentation-boto3sqsopentelemetry-instrumentation-botocoreopentelemetry-instrumentation-cassandraopentelemetry-instrumentation-celeryopentelemetry-instrumentation-clickopentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafkaopentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapiopentelemetry-instrumentation-djangoopentelemetry-instrumentation-exceptionsopentelemetry-instrumentation-falconopentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapiopentelemetry-instrumentation-flaskopentelemetry-instrumentation-grpcopentelemetry-instrumentation-httpxopentelemetry-instrumentation-jinja2opentelemetry-instrumentation-kafka-pythonopentelemetry-instrumentation-loggingopentelemetry-instrumentation-mysqlopentelemetry-instrumentation-mysqlclientopentelemetry-instrumentation-pika |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 29 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 288,955 / month, #8,009 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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