# histogram

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

Create one histogram from the default meter.

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

[language/library/src/telemetry/metric.ds:198:200](https://github.com/destack-sh/destack/blob/main/language/library/src/telemetry/metric.ds#L198-L200)