# gauge

`import { gauge } from "destack:telemetry";`

Create one gauge from the default meter.

```ds title="gauge"
export function gauge(name: string, unit?: string | undefined): Gauge
```

[language/library/src/telemetry/metric.ds:193:195](https://github.com/destack-sh/destack/blob/main/language/library/src/telemetry/metric.ds#L193-L195)