Subtrace is an API observability tool. It connects your backend to Chrome DevTools so that you can inspect the latency of each API request. We’ll show you how you can start using Subtrace with just a single command.

1

Download

Open a terminal and download Subtrace:

curl -fSLO "https://subtrace.dev/download/$(uname -s)/$(uname -m)/subtrace" && chmod +x ./subtrace
2

Run

Run your backend server startup command with Subtrace:

3

Watch

Open the subt.link URL in your browser to watch a live stream of your backend server’s network logs!

Check out the guide specific to your backend for next steps:

If your language or framework isn’t listed here, let us know and we can help you get started. Join our discord server or email us at support@subtrace.dev for assistance.

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