# SkyWalking Python Agent

**This is the official documentation of SkyWalking Python agent. Welcome to the SkyWalking community!**

The Python Agent for Apache SkyWalking provides the native tracing/metrics/logging abilities for Python projects.

This documentation covers a number of ways to set up the Python agent for various use cases.

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## Capabilities

The following table demonstrates the currently supported telemetry collection capabilities in SkyWalking Python agent:

| Reporter  | Supported?       | Details                                                    | 
|:----------|:-----------------|:-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Trace     | ✅ (default: ON)  | Automatic instrumentation + Manual SDK                     |            
| Log       | ✅ (default: OFF) | Direct reporter only. (Tracing context in log planned)     |
| Meter     | ✅ (default: ON)  | Meter API + Automatic PVM metrics                          |
| Event     | ❌ (Planned)      | Report lifecycle events of your awesome Python application |
| Profiling | ✅ (default: ON)  | Threading and Greenlet Profiler                            |


## Live Demo

- Find the [live demo](https://skywalking.apache.org/#demo) with Python agent on our website.
- Follow the [showcase](https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/skywalking-showcase/next/readme/) to set up preview
  deployment quickly.