opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics
OpenTelemetry System Metrics Instrumentation
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Yes, if you are already using OpenTelemetry and need system-level metrics alongside application instrumentation. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and low install friction. It is still in beta (0.65b0), so production use should account for potential API changes.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later; psutil is a runtime dependency for system metric collection.
- Low friction install with stable, actively maintained dependencies.
- Released 29 days ago with active upstream repository (last commit 2026-08-14).
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows use in commercial and private 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) · 13,029,312 downloads/mo, #1,296 on PyPI
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pip install opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics
from opentelemetry.instrumentation.system_metrics import SystemMetricsInstrumentation
instrumentation = SystemMetricsInstrumentation()
instrumentation.instrument()- What specific system metrics (CPU, memory, disk, network) are actually collected and their granularity.
- Whether metric collection has configurable intervals or filtering options.
- Performance overhead of continuous system metric instrumentation.
What it is and what it does
This package provides OpenTelemetry instrumentation for collecting system-level performance metrics. It integrates with the OpenTelemetry ecosystem to gather data on system resources like CPU, memory, and disk usage, then exports that data through OpenTelemetry's standard export pipeline for use in observability platforms.
The package depends on psutil for low-level system metric collection and the core OpenTelemetry libraries (opentelemetry-api, opentelemetry-instrumentation, opentelemetry-semantic-conventions) to standardize and export the metrics. It's designed for developers building observability into applications that need to track host-level performance alongside application metrics.
Use it for
- Export system CPU and memory metrics to a monitoring backend alongside application traces.
- Build dashboards correlating application performance with host resource utilization.
- Detect resource bottlenecks by collecting disk I/O and network metrics in production.
- Instrument containerized workloads to track system metrics in orchestrated environments.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you are already using OpenTelemetry and need system-level metrics alongside application instrumentation.
The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and low install friction. It is still in beta (0.65b0), so production use should account for potential API changes.
Install
opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction install with stable, actively maintained dependencies. Released 29 days ago with active upstream repository (last commit 2026-08-14). Supports Python 3.10 through 3.14.
Requires Python 3.10 or later; psutil is a runtime dependency for system metric collection.
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows use in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics
from opentelemetry.instrumentation.system_metrics import SystemMetricsInstrumentation
instrumentation = SystemMetricsInstrumentation()
instrumentation.instrument()Verify before relying
- What specific system metrics (CPU, memory, disk, network) are actually collected and their granularity.
- Whether metric collection has configurable intervals or filtering options.
- Performance overhead of continuous system metric instrumentation.
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-conventionspsutil |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 29 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 13,029,312 / month, #1,296 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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