# skywalking-python

**Repository Path**: OpenSkywalking/skywalking-python

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: skywalking-python
- **Description**: The Python Agent for Apache SkyWalking
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 9
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2021-06-03
- **Last Updated**: 2025-08-27

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: system-monitor

**Tags**: None

## README

# SkyWalking Python Agent

<img src="http://skywalking.apache.org/assets/logo.svg" alt="Sky Walking logo" height="90px" align="right" />

**SkyWalking-Python**: The Python Agent for Apache SkyWalking, which provides the native tracing abilities for Python project.

**SkyWalking**: an APM(application performance monitor) system, especially designed for
microservices, cloud native and container-based (Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos) architectures.

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## Documentation

- [Official documentation](https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/#PythonAgent)
- [Blog](https://skywalking.apache.org/blog/2021-09-12-skywalking-python-profiling/) about the Python Agent Profiling Feature

## Installation Requirements

SkyWalking Python Agent requires SkyWalking 8.0+ and Python 3.6+.

> If you would like to try out the latest features that are not released yet, please refer to this [guide](docs/en/setup/faq/How-to-build-from-sources.md) to build from sources.

## Contributing

Before submitting a pull request or pushing a commit, please read our [contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [developer guide](docs/en/contribution/Developer.md).

## Contact Us
* Submit an [GitHub Issue](https://github.com/apache/skywalking/issues/new) by using [Python] as title prefix.
* Mail list: **dev@skywalking.apache.org**. Mail to `dev-subscribe@skywalking.apache.org`, follow the reply to subscribe the mail list.
* Join `skywalking` channel at [Apache Slack](http://s.apache.org/slack-invite). If the link is not working, find the latest one at [Apache INFRA WIKI](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INFRA/Slack+Guest+Invites).
* Twitter, [ASFSkyWalking](https://twitter.com/AsfSkyWalking)

## License
Apache 2.0