Rookout

aid: rookout
name: Rookout
description: Rookout is a live application debugging platform founded in 2017 in Tel Aviv, Israel that lets developers set
  non-breaking breakpoints in running production, staging, and development applications to capture full-stack debug data —
  variables, stack traces, logs, and metrics — without redeploying, restarting, or stopping services. Rookout pioneered the
  "live debugger" category for cloud-native and Kubernetes-hosted applications and shipped language agents/SDKs for Python,
  Java/JVM, Node.js, .NET, Go, and Ruby that attach to running processes and stream snapshots back to the Rookout web IDE
  or developer's IDE. Dynatrace announced its acquisition of Rookout on July 31, 2023 and closed the deal in Q2 of Dynatrace's
  fiscal year ending September 30, 2023. The standalone Rookout product has since been folded into the Dynatrace platform
  as the Dynatrace Live Debugger (and Live Logger), and the rookout.com and docs.rookout.com domains now redirect to dynatrace.com.
  There is no public REST API, OpenAPI specification, webhook catalog, or CLI for Rookout — the developer surface consists
  entirely of language agents, deployment integration examples, IDE extensions, and the Explorook desktop helper that exposes
  local source folders to the Rookout web debugger. The Rookout GitHub organization remains public and continues to maintain
  those agents, tutorials, and integration samples under Apache-2.0.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - pricing
  - repository-unlicensed
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Producing
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/rookout.png
tags:
- Live Debugging
- Production Debugging
- Application Debugging
- Observability
- Developer Tools
- Non-Breaking Breakpoints
- Cloud-Native
- Kubernetes
- Dynatrace
- APM
tags_raw:
- Live Debugging
- Production Debugging
- Application Debugging
- Observability
- Developer Tools
- Non-Breaking Breakpoints
- Cloud Native
- Kubernetes
- Dynatrace
- APM
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rookout/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis: []
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/Rookout/docs/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/Rookout/docs/releases
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/rookout-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/rookout-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/rookout-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.dynatrace.com/solutions/observability-for-developers/
- type: Product
  url: https://www.dynatrace.com/platform/live-debugger/
- type: Acquisition
  url: https://www.dynatrace.com/news/press-release/dynatrace-to-acquire-rookout/
- type: Press
  url: https://ir.dynatrace.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/303/dynatrace-to-acquire-rookout-to-deliver-code-debugging-in-production-environments
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/Rookout
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/Rookout/tutorial-python
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/Rookout/tutorial-java
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/Rookout/tutorial-nodejs
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/Rookout/tutorial-ruby
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/Rookout/deployment-examples
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/Rookout/docs
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/Rookout/explorook
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/Rookout/dynatrace-desktop-application
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/Rookout/lambda-python-task-generator
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/Rookout/opentelemetry-payment
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.dynatrace.com/signup/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.dynatrace.com/pricing/
- type: TechCrunch
  url: https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/31/dynatrace-acquires-cloud-native-debugging-platform-rookout/
- type: Crunchbase
  url: https://www.crunchbase.com/acquisition/dynatrace-software-acquires-rookout--a59ae27b
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rookout
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com