Today, we’re excited to announce that is now free for open-source projects. Trace, our Node.js monitoring & debugging tool What is Trace? We launched Trace a year ago with the intention of helping developers looking for a Node.js specific APM which is easy to use and helps with the most difficult aspects of building Node projects, like.. finding memory leaks in a production environment profiling CPU usage to find bottlenecks tracing distributed call-chains avoiding security leaks & bad npm packages .. and so on. Why are we giving it away for free? We use a ton of open-source technology every day, and we are also the maintainers of some. We know from experience that developing an open-source project is hard work, which requires a lot of knowledge and persistence. Trace will save a lot of time for those who use Node for their open-source projects. How to get started with Trace? Visit and sign up — it’s free. trace.risingstack.com Connect your app with Trace. Head over to and tell us a little bit about your project. this form Done. Your open-source project will be monitored for free as a result. If you need help with Node.js Monitoring & Debugging.. Just drop us a tweet at if you have any additional questions about the tool or the process. @RisingStack If you’d like to read a little bit more about the topic, I recommend to read our previous article . The Definitive Guide for Monitoring Node.js Applications One more thing At the same time of making Trace available for open-source projects, we’re announcing our new line of business at RisingStack: Commercial with Node.js applications running in a production environment. Node.js support, aimed at enterprises RisingStack now helps to bootstrap and operate Node.js apps — no matter what life cycle they are in. Originally published at blog.risingstack.com on April 20, 2017.