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Helicone

LLM observability platform. Monitor AI applications in production.

Founded by: Justin Huang, David Zhang

DMI: 16#65 of 262HN 30d: 7
5,193 · 495 forks
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Developer Adoption

Package downloads and ecosystem metrics, 30-day window

npm Downloads (30d)
6.4K 7%
@helicone/helicone
PyPI Downloads (30d)
1.2K 8%
helicone
Total Downloads (30d)
7.7K 7%
npm + PyPI combined
Active Contributors (30d)
5
Unique committers, 30-day window

Active Contributors Trend

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npm Download Trend

2,1733,5234,8736,2237,573Dec 10Jan 7Jan 29Feb 12Feb 22Feb 26
90-day trend-14.9%

npm downloads declined from 7,573 to 6,446 (-14.9%) over the last 90 days.

PyPI Download Trend

7241,1981,6722,1452,619Dec 10Jan 7Jan 29Feb 12Feb 22Feb 26
90-day trend-26.7%

pypi downloads declined from 1,659 to 1,216 (-26.7%) over the last 90 days.

Developer Community Metrics

Metrics computed from HN discussion, GitHub activity, and funding data.

HN Discussion Rank#28 in AI Infrastructure by HN mentions (out of 75 tracked)
HN vs Category3.5x category median (7 vs 2 median)
GitHub VelocityCommit velocity declining (0.3x vs 4-week average)

Category Benchmark

75 AI Infrastructure companies
7.7K downloads/mo99% below median
0Median: 1.3M2.5M+

Funding Rounds

Seed$500K

2023

Investors:

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Cite This Data

According to AI-Buzz, Helicone ranks #28 in AI Infrastructure for HN discussion share (out of 75 tracked with 0.4% of HN discussion), with 3 commits/week (declining), with 6,446 npm downloads in 30 days, with 1,216 PyPI downloads in 30 days, with 5 active contributors in 30 days.

Source: https://www.ai-buzz.com/companies/helicone?utm_source=citation&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cite_this_data

Metrics derived from public APIs (HN Algolia, GitHub, npm/PyPI). Sentiment classified by AI. See methodology for details →

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Description

LLM observability platform. Monitor AI applications in production.

Estimated Company Size

1 - 10 employees

Details

Founded

2023

Description

Helicone provides observability for LLM applications. Track usage, costs, and performance. Popular with developers building AI apps.

Products & Tools

Helicone

An open-source observability platform for LLM applications, enabling monitoring, logging, debugging, caching, and performance tracking.

Open Source

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