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Trifle - Time-Series Metrics Made Simple

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Open Source Time-Series AnalyticsTrack what matters.Skip the infrastructure. Time-series metrics that work with your existing database. Track counters, revenue, and hierarchical data across Ruby, Elixir, and Go.

track.rb # Track any metric in a single call Trifle::Stats.track( key: 'orders', at: Time.now, values: { count: 1, revenue: 99.0, country: { us: 1 }, channel: { web: 1 } } )

80M+ Products calculated daily 900M+ Events tracked daily 100M+ Background jobs every day

Trifle::Stats Trifle::Traces "With Trifle, we went from zero visibility into our pricing pipeline to catching anomalies before customers notice. The combination of Stats and Traces gives us both the big picture and the ability to drill into individual job executions."

The Trifle Ecosystem From library to dashboard to CLI. Ready for humans or agents at any time.

How Trifle Works Data flows in, Trifle ensures correct tracking distribution. That makes it instantly queryable at any resolution.

01 / Data in One call in your code A key, a timestamp, nested values. Rolled up into time buckets as you write.

02 / Data out Buckets at any resolution Pick a timeframe and granularity. Timestamps and values come back.

03 / Visual layer Dashboards, alerts, digests Trifle App reads the same database and turns keys into dashboards and monitors.

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See the full walkthrough: track, store, retrieve, visualize

One metrics API for every use case Track what matters with the same simple interface, no matter the use case.

Revenue Tracking Track orders, revenue, and conversion rates across products, channels, and regions with hierarchical breakdowns.

Background Workers Monitor job throughput, success rates, and processing times for Sidekiq, Oban, or any background processing system.

Feature Usage Measure which features get used, how often, and by which user segments. No third-party analytics needed.

Custom Code Insights Instrument any part of your codebase. Track API response times, cache hit rates, or custom business logic metrics.

Business KPIs Build dashboards for non-technical stakeholders. Daily signups, churn rates, and funnel metrics at a glance.

AI Agent Analytics AI agents build a local metrics database with Trifle CLI, query it via MCP, and you upload the file to Trifle App to visualize. Skills for Claude, Codex, and friends included.

Your AI agent already knows Trifle Install open-source Agent Skills with npx -y @trifle-io/install. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Hermes, Pi, and other coding agents get best practices for metric payloads, execution tracing, and CLI analytics built in.

Founding Customer Get Cloud Pro for $399 $19/month

First 20 Trifle App customers get unlimited users and all Pro features at $19/month for life. The libraries are open source and the CLI is free to use.

I'll personally onboard the first 20 customers in a 30-minute session.

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We'll instrument one real metric together.

Claim Your Spot

Ready to simplify your metrics? Start with the open-source library in your existing app, or jump straight to the dashboard for a complete analytics experience.

GitHub Libraries: MIT · App & CLI: ELv2 Made for developers