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Ferretlog vs Storybook

Which one should you ship with? Here is the side-by-side panel verdict, pricing read, reviewer split, and community vote comparison.

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Developer Tools

Ferretlog

git log for your Claude Code agent runs — local, zero dependencies

Mixed

50%

Panel ship

Community

Free

Entry

Ferretlog is a zero-dependency pure Python CLI that treats your Claude Code session logs like a git repository. It parses the raw JSONL logs in `~/.claude/projects/` and gives you git-style history browsing, diff between runs, per-tool-call breakdowns, and cost/token stats — entirely locally, with no network calls and no configuration required. If you've been using Claude Code heavily, you've likely experienced the frustration of losing track of what changed across sessions, what tools were called how many times, and how much each session actually cost across sub-agent calls. Ferretlog makes that history explorable and comparable the same way `git log` makes code history explorable. This is an indie solo project from Eitan Lebras, submitted as a Show HN. It's genuinely useful as a power-user tool for anyone doing serious Claude Code work, especially those managing multi-session agent pipelines where debugging "what did the agent do last time?" is a real pain. The zero-dependency, local-only design means there's no trust surface and no setup friction.

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Developer Tools

Storybook

Frontend workshop for building UI components in isolation

Ship

100%

Panel ship

Community

Free

Entry

Storybook is the standard tool for developing, documenting, and testing UI components in isolation. Supports React, Vue, Angular, and more. Essential for design systems.

Decision
Ferretlog
Storybook
Panel verdict
Mixed · 2 ship / 2 skip
Ship · 3 ship / 0 skip
Community
No community votes yet
No community votes yet
Pricing
Free / Open Source
Free and open source
Best for
git log for your Claude Code agent runs — local, zero dependencies
Frontend workshop for building UI components in isolation
Category
Developer Tools
Developer Tools

Reviewer scorecard

Builder
80/100 · ship

If you run Claude Code daily, you need this immediately. Being able to diff two sessions like git commits and see exactly which tools fired and what they cost is something that should have existed from day one. Zero-dependency Python means it just works.

80/100 · ship

Non-negotiable for any serious component library. Visual testing, docs, and interaction testing in one place.

Skeptic
45/100 · skip

This is a niche tool for a niche user (heavy Claude Code power users) and the session log format Anthropic uses is undocumented and could change at any update. Tying workflows to internal log parsing is fragile infrastructure — treat it as a convenience, not a dependency.

80/100 · ship

Setup can be painful and builds are slow, but the alternative — no component isolation — is worse.

Futurist
80/100 · ship

Agent observability tooling built by the community, not the vendor, is how this ecosystem will mature. Ferretlog is primitive but it points at a real gap: we need git-style versioning and auditability for agent sessions, not just for code.

No panel take
Creator
45/100 · skip

Terminal-only, Claude Code-specific, no visuals — this tool exists entirely outside my workflow. The underlying insight (session replay and cost tracking) is useful, but it needs a UI before it reaches anyone outside the developer community.

80/100 · ship

The best way to browse and understand a design system. Addons for accessibility and responsive testing are invaluable.

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