LiteLLM

Logfire supports instrumenting calls to the LiteLLM Python SDK with the logfire.instrument_litellm() method.

Installation

Install logfire with the litellm extra:

pip

Terminal

pip install 'logfire[litellm]'

uv

Terminal

uv add 'logfire[litellm]'

Usage

import litellm

import logfire

logfire.configure()
logfire.instrument_litellm()

response = litellm.completion(
    model='gpt-5-mini',
    messages=[{'role': 'user', 'content': 'Hi'}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
#> Hello! How can I assist you today?

Caution

This currently works best if all arguments of instrumented methods are passed as keyword arguments, e.g. litellm.completion(model=model, messages=messages).

This creates a span which shows the conversation in the Logfire UI:

logfire.instrument_litellm() uses the LiteLLMInstrumentor().instrument() method of the openinference-instrumentation-litellm package.

Note

LiteLLM has its own integration with Logfire, but we recommend using logfire.instrument_litellm() instead.