# Highlight.io Open Source Full-Stack Monitoring Platform

> Highlight.io is an open-source full-stack monitoring platform combining session replay, error monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing in a single cohesive tool. Self-hostable via Docker, it provides complete application observability for frontend and backend.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/highlight-io-open-source-full-stack-monitoring-platform` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/highlight-io-open-source-full-stack-monitoring-platform`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/highlight-io-open-source-full-stack-monitoring-platform/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Web & Frontend
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/highlight-io-open-source-full-stack-monitoring-platform

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# Highlight.io Open Source Full-Stack Monitoring Platform

Highlight.io is an open-source full-stack monitoring platform combining session replay, error monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing in a single cohesive tool. Self-hostable via Docker, it provides complete application observability for frontend and backend.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/highlight/highlight

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Deploy a hobby instance in one line on Linux with Docker (we recommend at least 8GB of RAM, 4 CPUs, and 64 GB of disk space):
- cd docker && ./run-hobby.sh
- After a brief frontend load time, the app should be accessible at https://localhost. Use the password set in docker/.env variable ADMIN_PASSWORD with any valid email address.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- The fastest and most reliable way to get started with highlight.io is signing up for free at [app.highlight.io](https://app.highlight.io). After making an account, getting started is as easy as installing the [client...
- All of our SDKs for highlight.io can be found in the sdk [directory](https://github.com/highlight/highlight/tree/main/sdk). To get started with these SDKs, we recommend the [getting started guide](https://www.highligh...

- Source: https://github.com/highlight/highlight
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/highlight/highlight/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/highlight-io-full-stack-monitoring/)