A few weeks ago I teased something I’ve been working on — today it’s public.
The problem: Every PHP dev knows the cycle. <code>dd()</code>, refresh, check, delete, repeat. Xdebug takes 20 minutes to configure. Ray costs $49/year to dump variables.
The solution: <code>Debug::send($anything)</code> — and it appears instantly in a browser tab. No page reloads. No desktop app. No config files.
What’s included:
<ul>
<li>🔴 Real-time log entries with type filtering, labels &amp; colors</li>
<li>📊 Table rendering for query results / collections</li>
<li>⏱️ Built-in timer for performance measurement</li>
<li>📌 Live toolbar metrics (key/value chips, auto-updated)</li>
<li>🔬 Automatic environment detection — PHP version, SAPI, OS, memory limit, Xdebug status shown right in the toolbar</li>
<li>🔗 Click-to-open in VS Code, Cursor, PhpStorm, Sublime</li>
<li>🏠 Fully self-hostable — your data never leaves your machine</li>
</ul>
What it’s NOT:
<ul>
<li>Not a framework. Zero runtime dependencies (only ext-curl)</li>
<li>Not a SaaS. No accounts, no tracking, no telemetry</li>
<li>Not a paid tool. MIT licensed, free forever</li>
</ul>
Links: 🌐 <a href="http://debugphp.dev" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">debugphp.dev</a> 📦 <a href="https://github.com/CallMeLeon167/debugphp" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">GitHub</a> 🖥️ <a href="https://dashboard.debugphp.dev/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Try the Dashboard</a> 📖 <a href="https://debugphp.dev/docs" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Documentation</a>
This is a solo open-source project. If you try it and it saves you one <code>dd()</code> cycle — drop a ⭐ on GitHub. That’s all the payment I need.
Feedback, issues, feature requests — all welcome. Let me know what’s missing. 🤝

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DebugPHP is a free, MIT-licensed, open-source PHP debugging tool that lets developers send any variable or data to a live browser dashboard using a single `Debug::send()` call. It requires no configuration, no desktop app, and no page reloads. Features include real-time log entries with filtering, table rendering, a built-in timer, live toolbar metrics, automatic environment detection, and click-to-open IDE integration (VS Code, Cursor, PhpStorm, Sublime). It has zero runtime dependencies beyond ext-curl, is fully self-hostable, and collects no telemetry.

DebugPHP is live. Free, open-source, real-time PHP debugging in the browser.

we wrote Buggregator for this purpose. Logs, profiling, debug messages, etc…

Nice tool brother, I tried it and it’s awesome. Thanks

That’s cool, this is pure native PHP it looks like, no framework?
What if you want to run this on a NGINX DEV server and don’t have cli access to run composer commands, just build locally and deploy to DEV server?