Datapaws Chrome Monitoring Extension

Collect console messages, page load times, and render timings, and send them to datadog.

Datapaws - Real User Monitoring Extension for Chrome & Edge 🎯 Overview DataPaws is a powerful, open-source browser extension that captures real-time web performance metrics and sends them directly to Datadog. Perfect for monitoring website performance, tracking Core Web Vitals, and understanding how your web applications perform for actual users. Key Features 📊 Comprehensive Performance Metrics Core Web Vitals: FCP, LCP, and CLS Page Load Time, DOM Load Time, and Render Time Time to First Byte (TTFB) and Total Blocking Time Console errors and unhandled promise rejections 🔒 Privacy-First Design Anonymous telemetry collection No personal data or browsing history stored Device IDs are randomly generated and stored locally Full transparency with open-source code 🏢 Enterprise Ready Centralized configuration via Active Directory Group Policies Custom tags for department, cost center, and team tracking Monitor internal web apps across your organization Compatible with Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Chromium-based browsers 🛠️ Modern & Reliable Uses standard PerformanceObserver API (no deprecated APIs) Automatic error monitoring and reporting Connection type and navigation tracking Flexible hostname configuration 🚀 Quick Setup 1. Install the extension 2. Configure your Datadog settings: - Set your Datadog API URL (e.g., https://api.datadoghq.eu) - Enter your Datadog API Key - Choose a unique hostname for metric correlation - (Optional) Add custom tags for better organization Start browsing - metrics are sent automatically! 📈 What Gets Monitored? Performance Metrics: - datapaws.chrome.pageLoadTime - Total page load duration - datapaws.chrome.firstContentfulPaint - FCP (Core Web Vital) - datapaws.chrome.largestContentfulPaint - LCP (Core Web Vital) - datapaws.chrome.cumulativeLayoutShift - CLS (Core Web Vital) - datapaws.chrome.ttfb - Network latency And more... Error Tracking: - JavaScript console errors - Window errors and exceptions - Unhandled promise rejections Automatic Tags: - Site FQDN, screen resolution, browser info - Navigation type (navigate, reload, back_forward) - Connection type (4g, wifi, etc.) - Custom tags for your organization 💼 Perfect For Web Developers: Monitor real-world performance of your applications IT Departments: Track internal web app performance across the organization QA Teams: Identify performance issues in production Site Reliability Engineers: Get real user monitoring data in Datadog 🆓 Free Datadog Account Compatible Test DataPaws with a free Datadog account before committing to a paid plan. Perfect for evaluating metric volume and storage requirements. 🌐 Open Source & Community Driven DataPaws is fully open source! Visit our GitHub repository for: - Complete documentation and setup guides - Bug reports and issue tracking - Feature requests and suggestions - Community contributions welcome - Sample Datadog dashboards (JSON exports included) GitHub: https://github.com/gcaglio/ChromeExt-DataPaws 🔧 Advanced Features Custom Tags Support: Add your own tags in format: department=IT;environment=production;region=EU Centralized Management: Deploy via Active Directory GPO for enterprise-wide configuration Multi-Browser Support: Works seamlessly on Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Opera, and other Chromium browsers No tracking cookies or analytics No data stored outside your browser and Datadog account You control what gets monitored Full source code transparency