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[](https://travis-ci.org/VictoriaMetrics/metrics)
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[](http://godoc.org/github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics)
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[](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics)
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[](https://codecov.io/gh/VictoriaMetrics/metrics)
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# metrics - lightweight alternative to `github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus`.
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### Features
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* Lightweight. Has minimal number of third-party dependencies and all these deps are small.
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See [this article](https://medium.com/@valyala/stripping-dependency-bloat-in-victoriametrics-docker-image-983fb5912b0d) for details.
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* Easy to use. See the [API docs](http://godoc.org/github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics).
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* Fast.
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### Limitations
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* It doesn't implement advanced functionality from [github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus](https://godoc.org/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus).
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### Users
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* `Metrics` has been extracted from [VictoriaMetrics](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics) sources.
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See [this article](https://medium.com/devopslinks/victoriametrics-creating-the-best-remote-storage-for-prometheus-5d92d66787ac)
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for more info about `VictoriaMetrics`.
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