# cSpell:ignore OLTP oltp Chet
title: OTLP Exporter for .NET via Startup Hooks
registryType: exporter
language: dotnet
tags:
  - oltp
  - exporter
  - dotnet
  - startup hook
urls:
  repo: https://github.com/baronfel/otel-startup-hook
  docs: https://github.com/baronfel/otel-startup-hook/blob/main/README.md
license: MIT
description:
  A ready-to-use .NET CLR Startup Hook for applications that are instrumented
  with System.Diagnostic.Activity tracing that sends traces to an OpenTelemetry
  Collector via the OTLP Exporter without adding direct references to the
  OpenTelemetry SDK.
authors:
  - name: Chet Husk
    url: https://github.com/baronfel
createdAt: 2024-02-01
isNative: false
isFirstParty: false
