How to track usage within a desktop python application

[William Ray Wing]

> On Oct 8, 2017, at 8:38 PM, Ryan Holmes <ryan.xgamer99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I maintain a desktop python application that is used by a decent number of folks (I would assume 10k+, though it's hard to know since it's based on number of downloads rather than number of unique users). I would like to integrate some sort of usage tracking that would enable me to determine number of users along with startups, which features are used/not used, performance metrics, exceptions, etc. Since it's an open-source project, I am looking for a free service (or a service that provides free licenses to open source projects) that has a python client library. 
> 

You do know, of course, that most folks frown on applications that “phone home” without asking first, and if you do ask your users for permission, many of them (perhaps most) will say no.  So, you still won’t really have good statistics.

Bill

> Can anyone recommend something?
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