Datapaws Chrome Monitoring Extension

About

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