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Datadog's client library for Ruby

Is DataDog/dd-trace-rb beginner-friendly?

In the last 30 days, DataDog/dd-trace-rb merged 12 of 30 pull requests from outside contributors, and its maintainers usually reply within 1 day. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

Stars
417
Forks
422
Open beginner issues
0
Indexed issues
134
Avg merge
2d 15h
Merged PRs (30d)
117
Dominant language
Ruby
License
No license data
Last GitHub push
Oct 20, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 15, 2026
Contributing guide
Contributing guide
Code of conduct
No code of conduct
Beginner labels
No beginner labels indexed

How to contribute to DataDog/dd-trace-rb

  1. Read the contributing guide first: it says how the maintainers want changes proposed, tested and reviewed.
  2. It ships a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file, so you can run it without installing its whole toolchain.
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