{"category":{"slug":"open-source-error-monitoring","label":"Open-source error monitoring tools"},"methodology_url":"https://www.orbator.io/ai-index/methodology","license":"Free to use with attribution to orbator.io","date":"2026-07-25","engine":null,"available_dates":["2026-08-12","2026-08-11","2026-07-29","2026-07-25","2026-07-22","2026-07-05","2026-07-04","2026-06-17"],"policy":{"quotable_engines":["anthropic","openai","gemini"],"max_excerpt_chars":400,"full_text_public":false,"customer_runs_public":false,"full_text_retention":"retained at least 24 months, then operator review","notes":["Only Index category runs are archived publicly — customer scans never appear.","The quotable unit is a short excerpt of at most 400 characters, never the full answer.","Engines outside the verbatim allowlist are recorded as having answered, with the excerpt withheld under their terms.","Prompt intent is published; the prompt text itself is not."]},"status":"ok","count":21,"limit":50,"truncated":false,"engines":[{"engine":"anthropic","count":7,"withheld":false,"answers":[{"engine":"anthropic","answered_on":"2026-07-25","prompt_intent":"alternatives","excerpt":"Here's a rundown of solid lightweight, self-hosted error monitoring options that skip the operational weight of full APM suites like Sentry self-hosted, Datadog, or New Relic.\n\n## Pure, lightweight error trackers (Sentry-SDK compatible)\n\n**GlitchTip** — the most widely recommended option. 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