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AI · May 13, 2026

Torrix, self hosted, LLM Observability,(no Postgres, no Redis)

I work as a SAP Integration consultant and built this as a side project. Friction point: Most self hosted LLM observability tools require Postgres, Redis and non trivial infrastructure. Teams just want to see what their agents are actually doing in Production, that set up cost discorages adoption. Torrix runs as a single docker contained backed by SQLite. The full install is: curl -o docker-compose.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/torrix-ai/install/main/doc... docker compose up No external dependencies. All data stays in a local SQLite file on your machine.…

Torrix, self hosted, LLM Observability,(no Postgres, no Redis) launched on May 13, 2026 with 74 votes, #534 of 20,538 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

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In plain words

Torrix is a self-hosted LLM observability platform that runs in a single Docker container with SQLite, requiring no external databases or infrastructure. It captures LLM call details including tokens, costs, latency, and full traces across OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Groq, Mistral, and compatible endpoints. Teams use it to monitor agent behavior in production by logging calls through an HTTP proxy or Python/Node SDK. The simplified setup—a single docker compose command—eliminates friction from traditional observability tools while keeping all data local.

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In the maker’s words, at launch

I work as a SAP Integration consultant and built this as a side project. Friction point: Most self hosted LLM observability tools require Postgres, Redis and non trivial infrastructure. Teams just want to see what their agents are actually doing in Production, that set up cost discorages adoption. Torrix runs as a…

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