opentelemetry-instrumentation-click
Click instrumentation for OpenTelemetry
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you use click for CLI tools and already run OpenTelemetry in your infrastructure. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and low install friction. The beta status (0.65b0) is typical for OpenTelemetry instrumentation packages and should not deter adoption if your observability setup is already in place.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later; click library must be installed separately
- Low friction install with four stable runtime dependencies.
- Actively maintained as of 29 days ago with recent commit activity.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial use, modification, and distribution 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) · 1,345,008 downloads/mo, #4,024 on PyPI
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pip install opentelemetry-instrumentation-click
from opentelemetry.instrumentation.click import ClickInstrumentor
ClickInstrumentor().instrument()- Whether this package works with click versions prior to the package's first release date (2024-12-11)
- Specific click version compatibility range not stated in fact sheet
What it is and what it does
This package integrates OpenTelemetry tracing into click-based command-line applications. It automatically wraps click command execution to emit spans, allowing you to observe CLI tool behavior within distributed tracing systems. The instrumentation works by hooking into click's execution layer through wrapt, capturing command invocations as trace events that flow into your OpenTelemetry collector.
It's designed for developers building CLI tools who want observability alongside their backend services. You install it alongside click and the core OpenTelemetry libraries, and it activates automatically when your CLI runs, requiring no changes to your click command definitions. The package is in beta status and supports Python 3.10 through 3.14.
Use it for
- Trace CLI tool execution in microservice environments to correlate command runs with backend operations
- Monitor long-running batch jobs triggered by click commands for performance analysis
- Debug click command failures by examining trace spans and context propagation
- Observe CLI tool usage patterns and execution times across distributed systems
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you use click for CLI tools and already run OpenTelemetry in your infrastructure.
The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and low install friction. The beta status (0.65b0) is typical for OpenTelemetry instrumentation packages and should not deter adoption if your observability setup is already in place.
Install
opentelemetry-instrumentation-click on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction install with four stable runtime dependencies. Actively maintained as of 29 days ago with recent commit activity.
Requires Python 3.10 or later; click library must be installed separately
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install opentelemetry-instrumentation-click
from opentelemetry.instrumentation.click import ClickInstrumentor
ClickInstrumentor().instrument()Verify before relying
- Whether this package works with click versions prior to the package's first release date (2024-12-11)
- Specific click version compatibility range not stated in fact sheet
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 4 packagesopentelemetry-apiopentelemetry-instrumentationopentelemetry-semantic-conventionswrapt |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 29 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 1,345,008 / month, #4,024 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 |
Evidence: opentelemetry_instrumentation_click-0.65b0-py3-none-any.whl
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