Files
rrweb/README.md
Eoghan Murray 33e01f5f00 Umd folder (#1704)
* Don't allow video autoplay to automatically unfreeze page. If it's a 'real' playback, there should be a mount or a keyboard event which will serve to unfreeze the page. Also add other non-user events to the list (we really should have an `isUserEvent` function)

* Apply formatting changes

* Create a new `umd` folder alongside `dist` for output of UMD files with a plain `.js` instead of `.cjs` extension, as the latter won't be served with the correct mime type by jsdelivr

 - #1687 (just rename `.cjs` to `.js`) was rejected due to the the 'dual package hazard' [1], and produces a warning when run through publint.dev (which was the original motivation for changing to \.cjs)
 - jsdelivr won't be serving `.cjs` with the correct mime type: https://github.com/jsdelivr/jsdelivr/issues/18584

[1] https://nodejs.org/en/learn/modules/publishing-a-package#the-dual-package-hazard

* Update to point to alpha.19 as presumably that's when the umd folder will be available after the changes in this PR

* Apply formatting changes

* Don't try to create the same directory twice (was failing on packages/packer/umd)

* Create thirty-shirts-grow.md

* Revert something that shouldn't have gotten into the UMD branch folder

* Apply formatting changes

* Update vite.config.default.ts

* Apply formatting changes

* build: include umd builds in published packages

Add umd directory to the files array in package.json for all packages to include UMD builds in npm publications. Also update .gitignore to exclude
umd folders from version control.

* Docs: point to correct file

* Remove unused code

* docs: update rrweb cdn urls to umd bundles

Align README and guide examples with published UMD file locations for
rrweb, @rrweb/record, and @rrweb/replay.

Update versioned rrweb script examples from 2.0.0-alpha.19 to
2.0.0-alpha.21 in both English and Chinese guides.

* build(all): include umd folder in package files

---------

Co-authored-by: eoghanmurray <eoghanmurray@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Justin Halsall <Juice10@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-02-13 15:03:23 +01:00

14 KiB

Try rrweb

rrweb

The rrweb documentary (in Chinese, with English subtitles)

Join the chat at slack Twitter Follow Reddit recorder gzip size replayer gzip size

中文文档

I have joined Github Sponsors and highly appreciate your sponsorship.

rrweb refers to 'record and replay the web', which is a tool for recording and replaying users' interactions on the web.

Guide

📚 Read the rrweb guide here. 📚

🍳 Recipes 🍳

📺 Presentation: Hacking the browser to digital twin your users 📺

Project Structure

rrweb is mainly composed of 3 parts:

  • rrweb-snapshot, including both snapshot and rebuilding features. The snapshot is used to convert the DOM and its state into a serializable data structure with a unique identifier; the rebuilding feature is to rebuild the snapshot into corresponding DOM.
  • rrweb, including two functions, record and replay. The record function is used to record all the mutations in the DOM; the replay is to replay the recorded mutations one by one according to the corresponding timestamp.
  • rrweb-player, is a player UI for rrweb, providing GUI-based functions like pause, fast-forward, drag and drop to play at any time.

Roadmap

  • storage engine: do deduplication on a large number of rrweb sessions
  • compact mutation data in common patterns
  • provide plugins via the new plugin API, including:
    • XHR plugin
    • fetch plugin
    • GraphQL plugin
    • ...

Internal Design

Contribute Guide

Since we want the record and replay sides to share a strongly typed data structure, rrweb is developed with typescript which provides stronger type support.

Typescript handbook

  1. Fork this repository.
  2. Run yarn install in the root to install required dependencies for all sub-packages (note: npm install is not recommended).
  3. Run yarn build:all to build all packages and get a stable base, then yarn dev in the root to get auto-building for all the sub-packages whenever you modify anything.
  4. Navigate to one of the sub-packages (in the packages folder) where you'd like to make a change.
  5. Patch the code and run yarn test to run the tests, make sure they pass before you commit anything. Add test cases in order to avoid future regression.
  6. If tests are failing, but the change in output is desirable, run yarn test:update and carefully commit the changes in test output.
  7. Push the code and create a pull request.

Protip: You can run yarn test in the root folder to run all the tests.

In addition to adding integration tests and unit tests, rrweb also provides a REPL testing tool.

Using the REPL tool

Sponsors

Become a sponsor and get your logo on our README on Github with a link to your site.

Gold Sponsors 🥇

sponsor sponsor sponsor sponsor sponsor sponsor sponsor

Silver Sponsors 🥈

sponsor sponsor sponsor sponsor sponsor sponsor sponsor

Bronze Sponsors 🥉

sponsor sponsor sponsor sponsor sponsor sponsor sponsor sponsor sponsor

Backers

Core Team Members


Yuyz0112


Yun Feng


eoghanmurray


Juice10
open for rrweb consulting

Who's using rrweb?

Smart screen recording for SaaS
The first ever UX automation tool Remote Access & Co-Browsing The open source, fullstack Monitoring Platform. Comprehensive data analytics platform that empowers businesses to gain valuable insights and make data-driven decisions.
Intercept, Modify, Record & Replay HTTP Requests. In-app bug reporting & customer feedback platform. Self-hosted website analytics with heatmaps and session recordings. Interactive product demos for small marketing teams