TraceRoot
TraceRoot is an open source platform that traces production runs of AI agents and flags failures so developers can fix them for teams building agents.
What it is good for
- Finding recurring failures in a production AI agent
- Tracing each model and tool call an agent makes
- Checking whether a fix to an agent made results better
- Setting up tracing for an AI agent application
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Framework or SDK
- Tasks
- Works with
- OpenAI, Anthropic, LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, Google ADK
Momentum
- Rank this week
- #14 in builder tools
- Best rank
- #14 week 44, 2026
- Stars gained last week
- +284
- GitHub stars
- 1,284
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Ranking history
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is TraceRoot free?
- Yes. It is free and open source.
- Do I need to know how to code to use TraceRoot?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does TraceRoot work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with OpenAI, Anthropic, LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, and Google ADK.
- What is TraceRoot good for?
- Finding recurring failures in a production AI agent, tracing each model and tool call an agent makes, checking whether a fix to an agent made results better, and setting up tracing for an AI agent application.
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