OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console
                              
                            
                                1.14.0-rc.1
                            
                        
                            
                                
                                
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                    dotnet add package OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console --version 1.14.0-rc.1
NuGet\Install-Package OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console -Version 1.14.0-rc.1
<PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console" Version="1.14.0-rc.1" />
<PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console" Version="1.14.0-rc.1" />
<PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console" />
paket add OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console --version 1.14.0-rc.1
#r "nuget: OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console, 1.14.0-rc.1"
#:package OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console@1.14.0-rc.1
#addin nuget:?package=OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console&version=1.14.0-rc.1&prerelease
#tool nuget:?package=OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console&version=1.14.0-rc.1&prerelease
Console Exporter for OpenTelemetry .NET
The console exporter prints data to the Console window. ConsoleExporter supports exporting logs, metrics and traces.
This exporter is intended for debugging and learning purposes. It is not recommended for production use. The output format is not standardized and can change at any time. If a standardized format for exporting telemetry to stdout is desired, upvote on this feature request.
Installation
dotnet add package OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console
See the individual "getting started" examples depending on the signal being used:
- Logs: ASP.NET Core | Console
 - Metrics: ASP.NET Core | Console
 - Traces: ASP.NET Core | Console
 
Configuration
See the
TestConsoleExporter.cs for
an example of how to use the exporter for exporting traces to a collection.
You can configure the ConsoleExporter through Options types properties
and environment variables.
The Options type setters take precedence over the environment variables.
Environment Variables
The following environment variables can be used to override the default
values of the PeriodicExportingMetricReaderOptions
(following the OpenTelemetry specification.
| Environment variable | PeriodicExportingMetricReaderOptions property | 
|---|---|
OTEL_METRIC_EXPORT_INTERVAL | 
ExportIntervalMilliseconds | 
OTEL_METRIC_EXPORT_TIMEOUT | 
ExportTimeoutMilliseconds | 
References
| Product | Versions Compatible and additional computed target framework versions. | 
|---|---|
| .NET | net5.0 was computed. net5.0-windows was computed. net6.0 was computed. net6.0-android was computed. net6.0-ios was computed. net6.0-maccatalyst was computed. net6.0-macos was computed. net6.0-tvos was computed. net6.0-windows was computed. net7.0 was computed. net7.0-android was computed. net7.0-ios was computed. net7.0-maccatalyst was computed. net7.0-macos was computed. net7.0-tvos was computed. net7.0-windows was computed. net8.0 is compatible. net8.0-android was computed. net8.0-browser was computed. net8.0-ios was computed. net8.0-maccatalyst was computed. net8.0-macos was computed. net8.0-tvos was computed. net8.0-windows was computed. net9.0 is compatible. net9.0-android was computed. net9.0-browser was computed. net9.0-ios was computed. net9.0-maccatalyst was computed. net9.0-macos was computed. net9.0-tvos was computed. net9.0-windows was computed. net10.0 is compatible. net10.0-android was computed. net10.0-browser was computed. net10.0-ios was computed. net10.0-maccatalyst was computed. net10.0-macos was computed. net10.0-tvos was computed. net10.0-windows was computed. | 
| .NET Core | netcoreapp2.0 was computed. netcoreapp2.1 was computed. netcoreapp2.2 was computed. netcoreapp3.0 was computed. netcoreapp3.1 was computed. | 
| .NET Standard | netstandard2.0 is compatible. netstandard2.1 was computed. | 
| .NET Framework | net461 was computed. net462 is compatible. net463 was computed. net47 was computed. net471 was computed. net472 was computed. net48 was computed. net481 was computed. | 
| MonoAndroid | monoandroid was computed. | 
| MonoMac | monomac was computed. | 
| MonoTouch | monotouch was computed. | 
| Tizen | tizen40 was computed. tizen60 was computed. | 
| Xamarin.iOS | xamarinios was computed. | 
| Xamarin.Mac | xamarinmac was computed. | 
| Xamarin.TVOS | xamarintvos was computed. | 
| Xamarin.WatchOS | xamarinwatchos was computed. | 
- 
                                                    
.NETFramework 4.6.2
- OpenTelemetry (>= 1.14.0-rc.1)
 - System.Text.Encodings.Web (>= 4.7.2)
 - System.Text.Json (>= 4.7.2)
 
 - 
                                                    
.NETStandard 2.0
- OpenTelemetry (>= 1.14.0-rc.1)
 - System.Text.Encodings.Web (>= 4.7.2)
 - System.Text.Json (>= 4.7.2)
 
 - 
                                                    
net10.0
- OpenTelemetry (>= 1.14.0-rc.1)
 
 - 
                                                    
net8.0
- OpenTelemetry (>= 1.14.0-rc.1)
 
 - 
                                                    
net9.0
- OpenTelemetry (>= 1.14.0-rc.1)
 
 
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| Version | Downloads | Last Updated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.14.0-rc.1 | 1,746 | 10/21/2025 | |
| 1.13.1 | 376,526 | 10/9/2025 | |
| 1.13.0 | 243,369 | 10/1/2025 | |
| 1.12.0 | 7,867,511 | 4/30/2025 | |
| 1.11.2 | 4,881,301 | 3/4/2025 | |
| 1.11.1 | 2,459,873 | 1/23/2025 | |
| 1.11.0 | 412,040 | 1/16/2025 | |
| 1.11.0-rc.1 | 27,012 | 12/12/2024 | |
| 1.10.0 | 3,138,616 | 11/12/2024 | |
| 1.10.0-rc.1 | 3,974 | 11/1/2024 | |
| 1.10.0-beta.1 | 16,217 | 9/30/2024 | |
| 1.9.0 | 25,138,619 | 6/14/2024 | |
| 1.9.0-rc.1 | 289,832 | 6/7/2024 | |
| 1.9.0-alpha.1 | 31,644 | 5/20/2024 | |
| 1.8.1 | 6,426,156 | 4/18/2024 | |
| 1.8.0 | 2,522,940 | 4/3/2024 | |
| 1.8.0-rc.1 | 11,162 | 3/27/2024 | |
| 1.8.0-beta.1 | 9,990 | 3/14/2024 | |
| 1.7.0 | 8,688,006 | 12/9/2023 | |
| 1.7.0-rc.1 | 62,012 | 11/30/2023 | |
| 1.7.0-alpha.1 | 208,316 | 10/17/2023 | |
| 1.6.0 | 7,183,638 | 9/6/2023 | |
| 1.6.0-rc.1 | 175,728 | 8/21/2023 | |
| 1.6.0-alpha.1 | 298,243 | 7/12/2023 | |
| 1.5.1 | 4,150,676 | 6/26/2023 | |
| 1.5.0 | 1,177,951 | 6/6/2023 | |
| 1.5.0-rc.1 | 53,534 | 5/26/2023 | |
| 1.5.0-alpha.2 | 783,686 | 4/1/2023 | |
| 1.5.0-alpha.1 | 117,326 | 3/8/2023 | |
| 1.4.0 | 5,374,107 | 2/24/2023 | |
| 1.4.0-rc.4 | 650,080 | 2/11/2023 | |
| 1.4.0-rc.3 | 414,755 | 2/2/2023 | |
| 1.4.0-rc.2 | 406,041 | 1/9/2023 | |
| 1.4.0-rc.1 | 254,085 | 12/12/2022 | |
| 1.4.0-beta.3 | 404,211 | 11/7/2022 | |
| 1.4.0-beta.2 | 201,870 | 10/17/2022 | |
| 1.4.0-beta.1 | 87,970 | 9/30/2022 | |
| 1.4.0-alpha.2 | 330,899 | 8/18/2022 | |
| 1.4.0-alpha.1 | 395,159 | 8/3/2022 | |
| 1.3.2 | 1,883,518 | 12/20/2022 | |
| 1.3.1 | 3,315,487 | 9/8/2022 | |
| 1.3.0 | 2,899,503 | 6/3/2022 | |
| 1.3.0-rc.2 | 35,945 | 6/1/2022 | |
| 1.3.0-beta.2 | 74,540 | 5/17/2022 | |
| 1.3.0-beta.1 | 171,607 | 4/20/2022 | |
| 1.2.0 | 1,410,821 | 4/15/2022 | |
| 1.2.0-rc5 | 68,584 | 4/13/2022 | |
| 1.2.0-rc4 | 248,107 | 3/30/2022 | |
| 1.2.0-rc3 | 223,349 | 3/5/2022 | |
| 1.2.0-rc2 | 298,070 | 2/3/2022 | |
| 1.2.0-rc1 | 799,723 | 11/30/2021 | |
| 1.2.0-beta2.1 | 347,946 | 11/19/2021 | |
| 1.2.0-beta1 | 207,460 | 10/8/2021 | |
| 1.2.0-alpha4 | 5,307 | 9/23/2021 | |
| 1.2.0-alpha3 | 4,925 | 9/14/2021 | |
| 1.2.0-alpha2 | 18,906 | 8/25/2021 | |
| 1.2.0-alpha1 | 113,576 | 7/23/2021 | |
| 1.1.0 | 1,428,369 | 7/13/2021 | |
| 1.1.0-rc1 | 91,214 | 6/26/2021 | |
| 1.1.0-beta4 | 102,561 | 6/9/2021 | |
| 1.1.0-beta3 | 6,617 | 5/12/2021 | |
| 1.1.0-beta2 | 89,057 | 4/23/2021 | |
| 1.1.0-beta1 | 51,835 | 3/19/2021 | |
| 1.0.1 | 1,133,919 | 2/10/2021 | |
| 1.0.0-rc4 | 9,516 | 2/9/2021 | |
| 1.0.0-rc3 | 15,855 | 2/5/2021 | |
| 1.0.0-rc2 | 8,340 | 1/30/2021 | |
| 1.0.0-rc1.1 | 241,742 | 11/18/2020 | |
| 0.8.0-beta.1 | 5,777 | 11/5/2020 | |
| 0.7.0-beta.1 | 5,219 | 10/16/2020 | |
| 0.6.0-beta.1 | 53,206 | 9/16/2020 | |
| 0.5.0-beta.2 | 2,545 | 8/28/2020 | |
| 0.4.0-beta.2 | 122,657 | 7/25/2020 | |
| 0.3.0-beta.1 | 1,185 | 7/23/2020 | |
| 0.2.0-alpha.275 | 100,853 | 5/19/2020 | |
| 0.2.0-alpha.220 | 10,510 | 5/19/2020 | 
For highlights and announcements see: http://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/blob/core-1.14.0-rc.1/RELEASENOTES.md.
        For detailed changes see: http://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/blob/core-1.14.0-rc.1/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/CHANGELOG.md.