Hot Shots StatsD Client

Hot Shots is a robust and actively maintained Node.js client designed for sending metrics to StatsD, DogStatsD (Datadog), Telegraf, and OpenTelemetry Collector StatsD receivers. As of version 14.3.1, it provides comprehensive support for various protocols including UDP, Unix Domain Sockets (UDS), and TCP, catering to diverse deployment environments. The library differentiates itself from its `node-statsd` origin by offering advanced features such as TypeScript types, raw stream protocol, child clients for scoped metrics, mock mode for testing without real sockets, and asynchronous timer methods. It is regularly updated, with a stable release cadence, and requires Node.js 18.x or higher, and TypeScript 4.0+ for its type definitions. Its extensive configuration options allow for fine-grained control over host, port, prefixes, suffixes, global tags, and automatic Datadog tag inclusion from environment variables.