---
id: statsd-tags
version: "3.2.1.post1"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: abandoned
---

# statsd-tags — A simple statsd client with DogTag-compatible tag support.

License: permissive · Maintenance: abandoned · Downloads: 151.2K/mo

## What it is and what it does

statsd-tags is a Python client library that sends metrics to a statsd daemon for aggregation and forwarding to Graphite. It provides a simple API to increment counters, record timings, and set gauges, with optional metric prefixes. The package extends the standard statsd protocol with support for DogTag-compatible tags, allowing you to attach key-value labels to metrics for better organization and filtering in monitoring systems.

The library has no external runtime dependencies, making it lightweight to install. However, it requires an active statsd daemon running on your network to receive the metrics. The package is classified as production-stable but has not been maintained since its initial release, meaning it does not track changes to the statsd protocol or modern Python ecosystem practices.

Use it for:

- Send application performance metrics (request counts, response times) to Graphite for real-time monitoring.
- Tag metrics with environment and service identifiers to organize and filter metrics across multiple deployments.
- Record custom business metrics (user signups, transactions) alongside infrastructure metrics in a unified system.
- Integrate statsd metric collection into legacy Python 2 or early Python 3 applications without updating dependencies.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

A Python client for sending metrics to statsd/Graphite, with support for DogTag-compatible tags to label and organize metrics.

No. The package is abandoned and has not been updated since 2016-12-24. While it has no known vulnerabilities and low install friction, the lack of maintenance means it will not adapt to protocol changes, security updates, or modern Python versions. For new projects, use an actively maintained statsd client or a modern observability library. For legacy systems already using it, consider migration planning.

## Install

pip install statsd-tags
uv add statsd-tags
poetry add statsd-tags

## Installing statsd-tags

Before you install: Low install friction with no runtime dependencies. However, the package has been abandoned since its last release, with no recent maintenance activity.

License in practice: MIT license permits free use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions—suitable for most projects.

Quickstart:

pip install statsd-tags

import statsd
c = statsd.StatsClient('localhost', 8125)
c.incr('foo')
c.gauge('baz', 42, tags=['production', 'fqdn:example.org'])

Requires a statsd daemon listening on the specified host and port (default localhost:8125).

Verify before relying:

- Whether the package works reliably with modern Python versions despite classifiers listing only up to 3.5.
- Current compatibility with recent versions of Graphite and statsd protocol changes.
- Whether DogTag tag format remains compatible with current monitoring systems.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: abandoned
- Downloads: 151.2K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

statsd client python, graphite metrics sender, dogtag compatible tags, statsd tagging support, metrics collection client, statsd daemon client, metrics, monitoring, abandoned

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