Show HN: Lookspan – local-first observability for AI agents (npx lookspan)

Category: devtools

Tags: observability, ai-agents, local-first, tracing, open-telemetry

Score: 7.3/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Lookspan is a local-first observability dashboard for AI agents, providing real-time tracing, cost tracking, and replay capabilities without sending data to the cloud. It supports multiple agent frameworks (MCP, LangGraph, CrewAI, OpenAI, Anthropic) and OpenTelemetry, offering a unique combination of local data sovereignty with powerful evaluation and experimentation features. The project's innovative approach to agent observability fills a clear gap for developers who need full control over their observability data.

Target audience: AI engineers and backend developers building and debugging AI agent systems

Repository: https://github.com/JoniMartin27/lookspan · TypeScript · MIT

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