Language APIs & SDKs
OpenTelemetry code instrumentation is supported for many popular programming languages
OpenTelemetry code instrumentation is supported for the languages listed below. Depending on the language, topics covered will include some or all of the following:
- Automatic instrumentation
- Manual instrumentation
- Exporting data
If you are using Kubernetes, you can use the OpenTelemetry Operator for Kubernetes to inject auto-instrumentation libraries for .NET, Java, Node.js, Python, Go into your application.
Status and Releases
The current status of the major functional components for OpenTelemetry is as follows:
Important
Regardless of an API/SDK’s status, if your instrumentation relies on semantic conventions that are marked as Experimental in the semantic conventions specification, your data flow might be subject to breaking changes.| Language | Traces | Metrics | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|
| C++ | Stable | Stable | Stable |
| C#/.NET | Stable | Stable | Stable |
| Erlang/Elixir | Stable | Experimental | Experimental |
| Go | Stable | Stable | In development |
| Java | Stable | Stable | Stable |
| JavaScript | Stable | Stable | Experimental |
| PHP | Stable | Stable | Stable |
| Python | Stable | Stable | Experimental |
| Ruby | Stable | In development | In development |
| Rust | Beta | Alpha | Alpha |
| Swift | Stable | Experimental | In development |
C++
A language-specific implementation of OpenTelemetry in C++.
.NET
A language-specific implementation of OpenTelemetry in .NET.
Erlang/Elixir
A language-specific implementation of OpenTelemetry in Erlang/Elixir.
Go
A language-specific implementation of OpenTelemetry in Go.
Java
A language-specific implementation of OpenTelemetry in Java.
JavaScript
A language-specific implementation of OpenTelemetry in JavaScript (for Node.js & the browser).
PHP
A language-specific implementation of OpenTelemetry in PHP.
Python
A language-specific implementation of OpenTelemetry in Python.
Ruby
A language-specific implementation of OpenTelemetry in Ruby.
Rust
A language-specific implementation of OpenTelemetry in Rust.
Swift
A language-specific implementation of OpenTelemetry in Swift.
Other languages
Language-specific implementation of OpenTelemetry for other languages.