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phoenix

Observability and evaluation for AI apps — see what your agents do.

★ 11.7k stars⑂ 1.2k forksNOASSERTIONupdated 2026-10
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// project facts

Project facts

phoenix is an open-source ai agents project by Arize-ai (Arize-ai/phoenix on GitHub). It has 11,746 GitHub stars and 1,192 forks, is released under the NOASSERTION license, and was last updated on GitHub on 8 October 2026.

GitHub stars
11,746
Forks
1,192
License
NOASSERTION
Last updated on GitHub
8 October 2026
Category
AI Agents
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// how it works

How it works

  1. Clarify your goal

    Decide what you want the project to do before installing anything.

  2. Clone the repo

    Grab the source and skim the README for setup requirements.

  3. Install and configure

    Install dependencies and add any API keys or settings it needs.

  4. Run your first task

    Launch it and follow the example workflow from the docs.

// features

Why people love it

LLM tracing

See every call your app makes.

Agent observability

Follow multi-step agent behavior.

Evals and datasets

Score quality systematically.

Experiment tracking

Compare runs and prompts.

Framework integrations

LangChain, Anthropic SDKs, and more.

Active development

Pushed as recently as this week.

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// run it

Run it yourself

  1. Step 1 — Clone the repo

    Download the source and move into the project folder.

    git clone https://github.com/Arize-ai/phoenix.git
    cd phoenix
  2. Step 2 — Create a venv and install

    Isolate dependencies, then install requirements.

    python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
    pip install -r requirements.txt
  3. Step 3 — Run it

    Launch using the entry point shown in the README.

    python -m phoenix  # check README for the exact command
// use cases

What you can build

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// faq

Questions, answered

Who maintains phoenix?

It is an open-source project at Arize-ai/phoenix with 1192 forks. Check the contributors tab and recent commits to judge how active maintenance is.

Is phoenix free to use?

GitHub lists no license for this repo, so legally it's all rights reserved — check the README or ask the maintainer before building on it.

What can I observe?

Traces of LLM calls, agent runs, latency, and quality signals — plus datasets and experiments for evals.

Does it work with my framework?

It integrates with LangChain, Anthropic SDKs, and agent workflows; check the docs for your stack.

How do I get started?

Clone the repo and follow the README quickstart — the docs at https://arize.com/docs/phoenix walk through setup.

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Get phoenix

Free and open — grab the source, star the repo, and start creating.