---
id: prometheus-client
version: "0.26.0"
license: Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# prometheus-client — Python client for the Prometheus monitoring system.

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

## Install

pip install prometheus-client
uv add prometheus-client
poetry add prometheus-client

## Description

# Prometheus Python Client

The official Python client for [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io).

## Installation

```
pip install prometheus-client
```

This package can be found on [PyPI](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/prometheus_client).

## Documentation

Documentation is available on https://prometheus.github.io/client_python

## Links

* [Releases](https://github.com/prometheus/client_python/releases): The releases page shows the history of the project and acts as a changelog.
* [PyPI](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/prometheus_client)

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Official Python client library for Prometheus that instruments applications to expose metrics in Prometheus format for collection and monitoring.

Verdict: Well-maintained official Prometheus client with zero known vulnerabilities, permissive licensing, and no external dependencies. Suitable for production monitoring instrumentation in Python applications.

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