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Could you tell me how this compares with other open-source session replay projects such as: 1) OpenReplay (https://openreplay.com/ https://openreplay.com/) 2) P

Could you tell me how this compares with other open-source session replay projects such as: 1) OpenReplay (https://openreplay.com/ https://openreplay.com/) 2) PostHog (https://posthog.com/ https://posthog.com/)

a_c 4y ago
On debugging side, sentry (recently?) rolled out replay too https://docs.sentry.io/product/session-replay/ https://docs.sentry.io/product/session-replay/
- deleted 4y ago
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- bentlegen 4y ago
  We launched this last week! Right now it's only available on SaaS (sentry.io), but we've been developing it in public in our main server repository (github.com/getsentry/sentry) and plan to have proper instructions for self-hosted users soon.
  - a_c 4y ago
    Hi Ben, thanks for responding. I wonder what approach are you taking in serializing DOM changes, is it similar to rrweb [1]? [1] https://github.com/rrweb-io/rrweb/blob/master/docs/serialization.md https://github.com/rrweb-io/rrweb/blob/master/docs/serializa...
    - bentlegen 4y ago
      Sentry also uses rrweb!
mehdios 4y ago
PostHog, Highlight and Sentry are all using rrweb. At OpenReplay, we use a full proprietary solution that we built from the ground up and covers all session replay aspects (tracker, protocol and replayer).
podoman 4y ago
Having used the Posthog product (which is really good btw!), its an "analytics" tool, so their replay product is very good at mapping user funnels to sessions. On the OpenReplay end, its seems we have feature parity for session replay, but they don't have support for error monitoring and therefore linking errors to corresponding sessions (as far as I can see). Nonetheless, happy to see other oss tools in this space!
- mehdios 4y ago
  Congrats on the open-source move! It's always good to see more players in the OSS space. We do track JS errors at OpenReplay and of course link them to recordings. Errors come with stacktraces, are also fully searchable and can be used as cards to build custom dashboards. In terms of backend errors, we took a different approach at OpenReplay. We pull them from third-party systems (i.e. Sentry, Elastic, CloudWatch, Datadog, etc.) and sync them with the corresponding replays.
- tough 4y ago
  I didn't think postHog was a good comparison either, I knew of rrweb https://www.rrweb.io/ https://www.rrweb.io/ Great to see more open source contendants in the space
  - podoman 4y ago
    Thanks. Yeah, we actually use rrweb under the hood and have met with a few of the core maintainers. We're proudly powered by that project.
    - kc10 4y ago
      Posthog also seems to be using rrweb.
- lharries 4y ago
  PostHog started as a product analytics tool but we now have a fully fledged session recordings product including handling console logging and network requests for debugging. Mobile support is coming shortly too Disclaimer: I'm Head of Product at PostHog

a_c 4y ago

On debugging side, sentry (recently?) rolled out replay too https://docs.sentry.io/product/session-replay/ https://docs.sentry.io/product/session-replay/

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bentlegen 4y ago
We launched this last week! Right now it's only available on SaaS (sentry.io), but we've been developing it in public in our main server repository (github.com/getsentry/sentry) and plan to have proper instructions for self-hosted users soon.
- a_c 4y ago
  Hi Ben, thanks for responding. I wonder what approach are you taking in serializing DOM changes, is it similar to rrweb [1]? [1] https://github.com/rrweb-io/rrweb/blob/master/docs/serialization.md https://github.com/rrweb-io/rrweb/blob/master/docs/serializa...
  - bentlegen 4y ago
    Sentry also uses rrweb!

mehdios 4y ago

PostHog, Highlight and Sentry are all using rrweb. At OpenReplay, we use a full proprietary solution that we built from the ground up and covers all session replay aspects (tracker, protocol and replayer).

podoman 4y ago

Having used the Posthog product (which is really good btw!), its an "analytics" tool, so their replay product is very good at mapping user funnels to sessions. On the OpenReplay end, its seems we have feature parity for session replay, but they don't have support for error monitoring and therefore linking errors to corresponding sessions (as far as I can see). Nonetheless, happy to see other oss tools in this space!

mehdios 4y ago
Congrats on the open-source move! It's always good to see more players in the OSS space. We do track JS errors at OpenReplay and of course link them to recordings. Errors come with stacktraces, are also fully searchable and can be used as cards to build custom dashboards. In terms of backend errors, we took a different approach at OpenReplay. We pull them from third-party systems (i.e. Sentry, Elastic, CloudWatch, Datadog, etc.) and sync them with the corresponding replays.
tough 4y ago
I didn't think postHog was a good comparison either, I knew of rrweb https://www.rrweb.io/ https://www.rrweb.io/ Great to see more open source contendants in the space
- podoman 4y ago
  Thanks. Yeah, we actually use rrweb under the hood and have met with a few of the core maintainers. We're proudly powered by that project.
  - kc10 4y ago
    Posthog also seems to be using rrweb.
lharries 4y ago
PostHog started as a product analytics tool but we now have a fully fledged session recordings product including handling console logging and network requests for debugging. Mobile support is coming shortly too Disclaimer: I'm Head of Product at PostHog