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id: opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus
version: "0.65b0"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus — Prometheus Metric Exporter for OpenTelemetry

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus
uv add opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus
poetry add opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus

## Description

OpenTelemetry Prometheus Exporter
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This library allows to export metrics data to `Prometheus <https://prometheus.io/>`_.

Installation
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::

     pip install opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus

Limitations
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* No multiprocessing support: The Prometheus exporter is not designed to operate in multiprocessing environments (see `#3747 <https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/issues/3747>`_).

References
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* `OpenTelemetry Prometheus Exporter <https://opentelemetry-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/exporter/prometheus/prometheus.html>`_
* `Prometheus <https://prometheus.io/>`_
* `OpenTelemetry Project <https://opentelemetry.io/>`_

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Exports OpenTelemetry metrics to Prometheus for monitoring and observability. Bridges the OpenTelemetry metrics pipeline to Prometheus scrape endpoints.

Verdict: A stable, actively maintained exporter for routing OpenTelemetry metrics to Prometheus. Low install friction and permissive licensing make it a straightforward choice for Prometheus-based observability, but multiprocessing limitations should be evaluated against your deployment model.

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