# buggregator/server

Buggregator — a single-binary debugging server for PHP. Captures exceptions, dumps, emails, profiling, logs in real-time UI. Sentry, Ray, VarDumper, SMTP, Monolog, Inspector, XHProf and more.

Repository: https://github.com/buggregator/server
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/buggregator-server
Homepage: https://docs.buggregator.dev
Language: Go
License Family: other
Topics: symfony, xhprof, xhprof-ui, laravel, debugging, php, sentry, smtp, smtp-server, http-dump, ray, bugregator, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-17T13:30:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1576, "days_push": 16, "days_rel": 16, "gap_med": 17, "n_releases_24m": 18}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1073, forks 40 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:28.747984+00:00)

## What it is
Buggregator is a self-contained debugging server for PHP applications, rewritten in Go as a single ~30 MB binary with an embedded web UI, WebSocket server, and SQLite database. It captures exceptions, variable dumps, emails, profiler output, and logs in real time from existing SDKs like Sentry, VarDumper, Ray, Monolog, and SMTP clients, with no cloud account or code changes.

## Use cases
- view PHP exceptions and dumps in a local web UI instead of files
- self-hosted Sentry alternative for catching errors during development
- capture outgoing emails locally without a real SMTP server
- inspect XHProf profiling results in a browser
- collect Monolog and VarDumper output over TCP in real time
- debug Laravel or Symfony apps without changing code
- let AI assistants query debugging data via MCP

## When to choose
- you develop PHP apps and want a free, local, zero-dependency debugging dashboard
- you need to inspect dumps, exceptions, emails, and profiler data in one place
- you want Sentry/Ray-like tooling without a cloud account or paid plan
- you prefer a single binary or Docker container over installing PHP tooling

## When to avoid
- you need production-grade error tracking with alerting, retention, and team workflows
- your stack is not PHP-centric and doesn't speak the supported protocols
- you require a license-audited dependency (the repo has no declared license)

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, monitoring, logging, email, developer-tools, websocket
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, backend, self-hosted
- platform: windows, self-hosted, go
- tags: php-debugging, sentry-alternative, var-dumper, smtp-server, profiling, xhprof, monolog, ray, single-binary, real-time-ui, mcp-server, debugging, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- buggregator/server (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:28.747984+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:53:35.888731+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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  - homepage: https://docs.buggregator.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T12:55:27.392664+00:00, sha bed7d74cc7d0)
  - site_page: https://docs.buggregator.dev/getting-started.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:55:27.395434+00:00, sha b597d305c99a)
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  - site_page: https://docs.buggregator.dev/cookbook/docker-install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:55:27.399232+00:00, sha 1483dcec023a)
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.