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iomkarpanda/traceflow — explained in plain English

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In one sentence

A self-hosted web console for browsing and managing Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka, MongoDB, and NATS from one FastAPI and Next.js app instead of separate CLI tools.

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    What it does
      Web console for infra services
      Replaces separate CLI tools
      Live dashboards
    Tech stack
      FastAPI backend
      Next.js frontend
      Redis Kafka MongoDB
    Use cases
      Browse and edit data
      Manage queues and topics
      Seed demo data
    Audience
      Backend developers
      DevOps engineers
    Setup
      Docker Compose
      Python backend
      Node frontend

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Browse and edit Redis keys, RabbitMQ queues, and Kafka topics from one web UI instead of separate CLI tools.

USE CASE 2

Manage MongoDB collections with a visual aggregation pipeline builder and index manager.

USE CASE 3

Spin up a local dev environment with Docker Compose and seed it with realistic demo data.

What is it built with?

PythonFastAPINext.jsReactMongoDBRedisKafka

How does it compare?

iomkarpanda/traceflow0xallam/my-recipe0xhassaan/nn-from-scratch
Stars00
LanguagePythonPythonPython
Last pushed2022-11-22
MaintenanceDormant
Setup difficultymoderatemoderatemoderate
Complexity4/52/54/5
Audiencedevelopergeneraldeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires Docker Compose plus separately running the Python backend and Node.js frontend.

So what is it?

TraceFlow is a self-hosted web console for looking at and managing the infrastructure services a backend often depends on, things like message queues, databases, and streaming systems. Instead of switching between separate command line tools for each one, it puts Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka, MongoDB, and NATS behind a single browser based interface. The project is split into two pieces. A FastAPI backend written in Python exposes a REST and WebSocket API for each supported service through its own connector, and a Next.js frontend gives you data browsers, management screens, and dashboards on top of that API. Each service gets its own manager screen: Redis supports browsing keys, editing all its data types, watching live pub or sub messages, and managing expiration times. RabbitMQ lets you list and inspect queues and peek at messages. Kafka shows topics and lets you consume messages. MongoDB has a full database and collection browser with create, read, update, and delete, an aggregation pipeline builder, index management, and file storage support. NATS shows streams and JetStream details. To run it locally, Docker and Docker Compose start the five backing services, then the Python backend and the Next.js frontend are started separately with their own install and dev commands. Once both are running, you connect each service by entering its connection URL in a settings screen, and each service page includes a button to seed realistic demo data such as sample users, products, and queue messages, which is useful for trying the tool out. The backend depends on async Python clients for Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka, and MongoDB, plus Pydantic for validation. The frontend uses React, Tailwind CSS, Zustand for state, and Monaco for JSON editing. The README does not state a license.

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Prompt 1
Walk me through setting up TraceFlow locally with Docker Compose and connecting it to Redis and MongoDB.
Prompt 2
Explain how TraceFlow's backend connector architecture works for each supported service.
Prompt 3
Show me how to use TraceFlow's demo data seeder to populate a test environment.
Prompt 4
How would I add a new service connector to TraceFlow, following the existing Redis or Kafka pattern?

Frequently asked questions

What is traceflow?

A self-hosted web console for browsing and managing Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka, MongoDB, and NATS from one FastAPI and Next.js app instead of separate CLI tools.

What language is traceflow written in?

Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python, FastAPI, Next.js.

How hard is traceflow to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is traceflow for?

Mainly developer.

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