observability monitoring⏱5 minutes

Get Started with 0x

Quick Summary

“Single-command flamegraph profiling for JavaScript applications.”

Best for: JavaScript developers needing quick performance insights
Time to first integration: 5 minutes

📋Prerequisites

  • ✓Node.js 18+ installed
  • ✓A 0x account — sign up here
  • ✓An existing project (Next.js, React, or Node.js recommended)

Setup Steps

2 steps
1

Install 0x

Use npm to install 0x globally.

bash
npm install -g 0x
2

Run 0x on your application

Execute 0x with your Node.js application.

bash
0x your-app.js

Common Gotchas

Watch out for these issues in your first week.

Flamegraph output is empty

Fix: Ensure the application runs long enough to collect profiling data.

High overhead during profiling

Fix: Use 0x in a controlled environment to minimize performance impact.

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