Application Logging

Whoops is a free, self-hosted tool for logging application events like errors or background worker completion. Whoops might be right for you if you need to:

• Log arbitrary events, not just errors
• Search events
• Get notified of new events
• Store events behind a firewall

Learn more about Whoops's features.

Get Started in 60 Seconds on Heroku

To create a Whoops server, run the following:

git clone https://github.com/flyingmachine/whoops-bootstrap.git
cd whoops-bootstrap
heroku create --stack bamboo-ree-1.8.7
heroku addons:add mongolab:starter
git push heroku master

Now visit the URL printed after the heroku create step.

You can also follow more detailed instructions. for starting with a fresh Rails app.

To start logging exceptions in a Rails app:

1. Add whoops_rails_logger to your Gemfile.
2. Create config/whoops_logger.yml
3. Add something like the following to whoops_logger.yml:

production:
  host: precious-bert-reynolds-mustache.heroku.com

Git Repos

• Whoops Server
• Whoops Logger
• Whoops Rails Logger

Demos

• Whoops Demo
• Example Rails site which sends logs to Whoops

Alternatives

• Airbrake (the app formerly known as Hoptoad)
• papertrail
• Graylog2
• errbit