Comparison

TraceBug vs BetterBugs

Same evidence capture — but local-first, open source, and built for your AI agent, not a cloud dashboard.

Try TraceBug in 30 seconds:

$ npm install tracebug-sdk
import TraceBug from "tracebug-sdk";
TraceBug.init({ projectId: "my-app" });

Why developers choose TraceBug over BetterBugs

Local-first — the report is one self-contained offline .html; BetterBugs uploads captures to their cloud workspace
AI-agent ready — a local MCP server hands the report to Claude Code, Cursor, or Windsurf; plus a generated failing Playwright test
No account, ever — capture and export without signing up; BetterBugs requires an account to share
Free and open source (MIT) — inspect exactly what's captured; no per-seat plans for core capture
Secrets auto-masked at capture (tokens, keys) before they ever enter the file
SDK + extension + MCP + CLI in one project — the whole workflow, not just the capture step

When BetterBugs might be a better fit

BetterBugs has a hosted team workspace with shared links and comments out of the box
BetterBugs offers cloud history across devices and teammates
BetterBugs's Slack/Jira integrations are configured once per team, not per user

Ready to try TraceBug?

Free, open source, and takes under 2 minutes to set up.