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Developer releases local LLM pipeline tracer 'opensmith'

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Shivnath Tathe has developed "opensmith," a local-first tool designed to trace and debug LLM pipelines without sending data to the cloud. This alternative to services like LangSmith allows developers to monitor function calls, latency, token usage, costs, and errors directly on their machine. The tool gained significant traction, with over 600 downloads in its first day, indicating a strong developer demand for privacy-focused, offline observability solutions in LLM application development. AI

IMPACT Addresses developer need for privacy-preserving, local observability in LLM applications, potentially accelerating development for sensitive use cases.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes the release of a new software tool for LLM development.

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Developer releases local LLM pipeline tracer 'opensmith'

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Shivnath Tathe ·

    I Built a Local-First Alternative to LangSmith After Spending $200 Debugging a Pipeline I Couldn't See | Shivnath Tathe

    <p>Last month I spent $200 on OpenAI tokens debugging a RAG pipeline. I had no idea which step was eating my budget. LangSmith would have helped — but I didn't want to send my prompts to a cloud service just to debug locally.</p> <p>So I built opensmith.</p> <h2> What is opensmit…

  2. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Shivnath Tathe ·

    I Built a Local Alternative to LangSmith — 600+ Downloads in One Day 🚀 | Shivnath Tathe

    <p>I didn't expect this.</p> <p>I published <strong>opensmith</strong> yesterday — a local-first LLM pipeline tracer <br /> built as an alternative to LangSmith.</p> <p>No cloud. No API key. No account. No data leaving your machine.</p> <p>Just <code>pip install opensmith</code> …

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