
Open source LLM engineering platform for observability, evals, and prompt management
Langfuse is an open-source LLM engineering platform that helps teams collaboratively develop, monitor, evaluate, and debug AI applications. It provides comprehensive tracing, cost tracking, prompt management, and evaluation tools with native integrations for OpenAI, LangChain, LlamaIndex, and OpenTelemetry.
Capture detailed traces of every LLM call, retrieval step, and tool execution with timing, inputs, outputs, and metadata for full request visibility
Centrally manage, version control, and collaboratively iterate on prompts with server and client-side caching to avoid added latency
Run LLM-as-a-judge evaluations, collect user feedback, perform manual labeling, and build custom evaluation pipelines via APIs and SDKs
Test and iterate on prompts and model configurations directly, with the ability to jump from traced results into the playground for debugging
Monitor usage and costs across all LLM providers with detailed breakdowns by model, trace, and time period
Create test datasets and run systematic experiments to benchmark prompt and model changes before deploying to production
Trace and debug complex LLM chains to identify latency bottlenecks, hallucinations, and unexpected outputs in production applications
Manage prompt versions, test variations in the playground, and evaluate quality improvements with systematic datasets and scoring
Track token usage, costs, and latency across LLM providers in real-time to optimize spending and maintain performance SLAs
Build evaluation pipelines with LLM-as-a-judge, human feedback, and custom metrics to continuously monitor and improve AI output quality
Best LangSmith alternative for LLM observability — framework-agnostic, self-hostable, and no per-seat pricing makes it the most flexible monitoring choice
Best for teams that need to evaluate models against their specific use case, not just generic benchmarks. The systematic experiment tracking turns model selection into a repeatable, data-driven process.
Native OpenTelemetry support for standardized observability alongside existing application monitoring infrastructure
Deploy Langfuse in your own VPC or on-premises for full data sovereignty, with Docker and Kubernetes deployment options

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