opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common
OpenTelemetry Protobuf encoding
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Yes, if you are building or extending OpenTelemetry exporters or custom telemetry pipelines. For most users, this will be installed automatically as a dependency of opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc or opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http. No known vulnerabilities, active maintenance, and permissive licensing make it safe to depend on.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later.
- Low friction install with a single runtime dependency (opentelemetry-proto).
- Active maintenance with a recent release (29 days old) and steady repository activity.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows use in most commercial and open-source projects without significant restrictions.
last release 2026-07-16 (29 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-13 · 2,587 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 341,358,351 downloads/mo, #122 on PyPI
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pip install opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common
from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common import *- Whether this package is intended for direct use or only as a transitive dependency of exporter packages.
- What specific Protobuf encoding operations are exposed in the public API.
What it is and what it does
This package provides Protobuf encoding support for the OpenTelemetry protocol (OTLP). It is a shared utility library designed primarily as a dependency for the gRPC and HTTP exporters that send telemetry data to OTLP-compatible backends. The package handles the serialization of traces, metrics, and logs into Protobuf format according to the OpenTelemetry Protocol Specification.
The package is part of the OpenTelemetry Python ecosystem and is marked as Production/Stable. It supports current Python versions (3.10 through 3.14) and has no known security vulnerabilities. Most users will encounter this as a transitive dependency when installing an OTLP exporter rather than installing it directly.
Use it for
- Building custom OTLP exporters that need to serialize telemetry data to Protobuf format.
- Integrating with systems that require OTLP-compatible telemetry data encoding.
- Supporting gRPC or HTTP-based telemetry export pipelines in OpenTelemetry setups.
- Developing observability infrastructure that adheres to the OpenTelemetry Protocol Specification.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you are building or extending OpenTelemetry exporters or custom telemetry pipelines.
For most users, this will be installed automatically as a dependency of opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc or opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http. No known vulnerabilities, active maintenance, and permissive licensing make it safe to depend on.
Install
opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction install with a single runtime dependency (opentelemetry-proto). Active maintenance with a recent release (29 days old) and steady repository activity.
Requires Python 3.10 or later.
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows use in most commercial and open-source projects without significant restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common
from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common import *Verify before relying
- Whether this package is intended for direct use or only as a transitive dependency of exporter packages.
- What specific Protobuf encoding operations are exposed in the public API.
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 1 packageopentelemetry-proto |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 29 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 341,358,351 / month, #122 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableFramework :: OpenTelemetryFramework :: OpenTelemetry :: ExportersIntended Audience :: DevelopersProgramming 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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