Ray — Debug Tool ​

Ray by Spatie is a popular debug tool, especially in the Laravel ecosystem. Buggregator is a free, self-hosted alternative — you get the same ray() calls, but the data lands in Buggregator alongside your exceptions, logs, emails, and profiling. One place for everything.

Use cases ​

• Free Ray alternative — no license needed. Same ray() function, same workflow.
• Multi-language debugging — Ray has SDKs for PHP, JavaScript, Ruby, Go, and Bash. All output goes to Buggregator.
• Laravel debugging — dump Eloquent models, SQL queries, jobs, mail, events, and more with type-specific rendering.
• All debug data in one UI — don't switch between Ray app, Sentry, log files, and Mailhog. It's all in Buggregator.

Supported payload types ​

Buggregator renders 18 Ray payload types:

Each payload shows its origin (file, line, function). Click file paths to open in your IDE.

Configuration ​

Laravel ​

Publish the Ray config:

php artisan ray:publish-config

php artisan ray:publish-config

Set env variables:

RAY_HOST=ray@127.0.0.1
RAY_PORT=8000

RAY_HOST=ray@127.0.0.1
RAY_PORT=8000

In Docker Compose: RAY_HOST=ray@buggregator, RAY_PORT=8000.

PHP (any framework) ​

Create a ray.php file in your project root:

<?php

return [
    'enable' => true,
    'host' => 'ray@127.0.0.1',
    'port' => 8000,
    'remote_path' => null,
    'local_path' => null,
    'always_send_raw_values' => false,
];

<?php

return [
    'enable' => true,
    'host' => 'ray@127.0.0.1',
    'port' => 8000,
    'remote_path' => null,
    'local_path' => null,
    'always_send_raw_values' => false,
];

Other languages ​

• JavaScript
• Ruby
• Go
• Bash