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Beautiful local OpenTelemetry traces for AI-assisted development.

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See what your AI agents actually did.

Beautiful local traces, zero config. One command gives you a full OpenTelemetry trace viewer for Claude Code, Codex, and every AI coding tool.

Get startedGitHub
Terminal

$ npx dd-traces

DD Traces v0.1.0 - Local OpenTelemetry viewer

Collector listening on :4318 (HTTP) and :4317 (gRPC)

Web UI ready at http://localhost:6006

> Trace received claude-code session #a4f2 - 23 spans, 4.2s, 12,847 tokens

> Trace received codex session #b1c9 - 8 spans, 1.1s, 3,201 tokens

> Error span tool:bash failed (exit code 1) in session #a4f2

Works with every AI coding tool

Auto-detects traces from your favorite tools. No plugins, no extensions, no SDK changes.

Claude Code

Anthropic CLI

Codex

OpenAI CLI

OpenCode

Open source

Cursor

AI editor

Everything you need to understand agent sessions

Built for developers who want to see exactly what happened, not just the final output.

Trace Timeline

Waterfall view of every tool call, file edit, and command your agent ran. See the full picture at a glance.

Span Details

Click any span to see inputs, outputs, duration, and token usage. Understand exactly what happened and why.

Token Tracking

Per-span and per-trace token counts with cost estimates. Know what your agent sessions actually cost.

Service Map

Visual graph of how your agent calls tools, APIs, and services. See the architecture of every session.

Error Highlighting

Failed spans jump out in red. Drill into errors instantly instead of scrolling through terminal output.

Session Analytics

Track duration, cost, and success rates across sessions. Spot patterns in your agent workflows.

Three commands. That's it.

No accounts. No cloud. No config files. Everything runs on your machine.

01

Run the CLI

npx dd-traces starts a local collector and web UI. No accounts, no cloud, no config files.

$ npx dd-traces
02

Use your AI tools

DD Traces auto-detects Claude Code, Codex, and other tools. Just use them like normal.

$ claude "refactor auth module"
03

See the traces

Open localhost:6006 and watch traces flow in real-time. Every tool call, every file edit, every token.

$ open http://localhost:6006

Language and framework agnostic

DD Traces speaks OpenTelemetry. If your app or agent emits OTLP traces, they show up automatically.

Next.jsExpressFastAPIDjangoRailsSpring BootGoRustAny OTLP

Stop guessing. Start tracing.

One command to see everything your AI agents do. Local, fast, and free forever.

$ npx dd-traces
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What developers are saying

Engineers who stopped guessing and started tracing.

“npx dd-traces and I could see exactly what my AI agent was doing. Zero config, actually works.”

Chris M.

Backend Developer

“LangSmith is great but DD Traces is what I use locally. The waterfall view is chef's kiss.”

Sam P.

AI Platform Engineer

“The cost tracking per span saved us $200/month by identifying wasteful LLM calls.”

Dana K.

Tech Lead

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