> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.truefoundry.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

> Choose between Traceloop and OpenTelemetry SDK for adding distributed tracing to your Python applications.

This document contains instructions on how to set up distributed tracing instrumentation in your Python applications and view your application traces in TrueFoundry.

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    implement tracing using Traceloop
  </Card>

  <Card title="OpenTelemetry" href="/docs/tracing/distributed-tracing/python-opentelemetry">
    implement tracing using OpenTelemetrySDK
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