Lightweight client side error tracking without a 90kb SDK

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Learn how to implement lightweight client-side error tracking without a large SDK, ideal for analytics tools

intermediate Published 6 Jun 2026
Action Steps
  1. Identify the key error tracking features required for your analytics tool
  2. Use the browser's built-in error handling mechanisms, such as window.onerror
  3. Implement a custom error tracking solution using JavaScript and AJAX requests
  4. Configure error tracking to send data to your analytics tool's backend
  5. Test and validate the error tracking implementation to ensure accuracy and reliability
Who Needs to Know This

Developers and product managers building analytics tools can benefit from this approach to reduce SDK size and improve performance

Key Insight

💡 You don't need a large SDK to track errors on the client-side, a custom JavaScript solution can be just as effective

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🚀 Ditch the 90kb SDK and track errors on the client-side with a lightweight solution! 💡

Key Takeaways

Learn how to implement lightweight client-side error tracking without a large SDK, ideal for analytics tools

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The popular error tracking SDKs are great and also large. For our analytics tool we wanted error...
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