Comparing Source++⚓︎

Source++ exists within the realm of "Live-Coding", "Dynamic Observability", "Production Debugging", and related concepts. Being so, there are alternative solutions to Source++ which may be more suitable for your needs. The following comparison matrix shows the differences between Source++ and alternative solutions.

Overview⚓︎

Core⚓︎

	Source++	Lightrun	Rookout	Thundra	nerd.vision	Terminology
Technology	Apache SkyWalking	Cloud Debugger				Live-Coding Platform, Developer-Native Observability Platform, Dynamic Observability, Production Debugging
Open-source
Multi-tenant
Tenant labels						Label your environments
Multi-instance						Application instance
Instance labels						Tag your agents
Collaborative debugging
Autonomous debugging						Auto-debug
Time travel debugging
Pipeline integrations
Exception collection/alerting
Auditing system
PII redaction
Supported libraries	100+	~10	0	~14	0	Auto-link, supported middleware/frameworks, automated instrumentation

Deployment⚓︎

	Source++	Lightrun	Rookout	Thundra	nerd.vision	Terminology
Cloud
Self-hosted

Clients⚓︎

	Source++	Lightrun	Rookout	Thundra	nerd.vision	Terminology
JetBrains
Visual Studio Code
Command-line interface

Features⚓︎

Live Instruments⚓︎

Allow developers to debug live production applications inside their IDE without redeploying/restarting the application.
More Info: Live Instruments

	Source++	Lightrun	Rookout	Thundra	nerd.vision	Terminology
Supported Languages	Java, Groovy, Kotlin, Python	Java, Python, Node.js	Java, Groovy, Kotlin, Python, Go, Node.js, .NET, Ruby	Java, Python, Node.js	Java, Groovy, Kotlin, Scala, Python, Node.js, .NET
Live breakpoint						Non-breaking breakpoint, tracepoint, snapshot, single frame tracepoint
Live log						Logpoint, JIT logging, dynamic logs
Live metric						Custom metrics, counters
Live span						Manual instrumentation
Multi-layer instrument						Snapshot, full stack tracepoint
Instrument conditional
Instrument write protection						Patent-pending sandbox
Instrument TTL						Time to live
Source code blacklisting						Hiding sensitive data, blocklist

Live Views⚓︎

Offer developers production operational metrics inside their IDE contextualized to the underlying source code.
More Info: Live Views

	Source++	Lightrun	Rookout	Thundra	nerd.vision	Terminology
Status Portals						IDE production charts
Status Indicators						Production inlay hints

Live Dashboards⚓︎

Traditional APM web dashboards for software operators

	Source++	Lightrun	Rookout	Thundra	nerd.vision	Terminology
Web charts
KPI metrics
Custom metric analysis

Disclaimer⚓︎

The comparison matrix is a guide only and should not be used to determine the suitability of any software for any particular use. If you would like to improve the accuracy of the comparison matrix, please submit a pull request or open an issue.

Last update: July 11, 2022