langfuse-cli 0.1.3

CLI tool for Langfuse LLM observability platform, following gh-ux patterns

langfuse-cli (lf)

Observability-first CLI for the Langfuse LLM platform, following gh-ux patterns.

Features: traces, prompts, scores, datasets, experiments, sessions | JSON/table/TSV output | config profiles | system keyring secrets | agent-friendly --json mode

Installation

# With uv (recommended)
uv tool install langfuse-cli

# With pip
pip install langfuse-cli

# With Homebrew
brew install aviadshiber/tap/langfuse-cli

# From source
git clone https://github.com/aviadshiber/langfuse-cli.git && cd langfuse-cli
uv sync && uv run lf --version

Quick Start

# Set credentials (or use config file below)
export LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY="pk-lf-..."
export LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY="sk-lf-..."
export LANGFUSE_HOST="https://cloud.langfuse.com"  # optional, this is the default

# List recent traces
lf traces list --limit 5 --from 2026-02-01

# List prompts
lf prompts list

# Get JSON output (agent-friendly)
lf --json traces list --limit 5 --from 2026-02-01

Configuration

Resolution Order

Configuration is resolved in this order (first match wins):

1. CLI flags (--host, --profile)
2. Environment variables (LANGFUSE_HOST, LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY, LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY)
3. Config file (~/.config/langfuse/config.toml)
4. System keyring (macOS Keychain / Linux Secret Service)
5. Defaults (host: https://cloud.langfuse.com)

Config File

# ~/.config/langfuse/config.toml

[default]
host = "https://cloud.langfuse.com"
public_key = "pk-lf-..."
# secret_key stored in keyring, NOT in plaintext

[profiles.staging]
host = "https://staging.langfuse.example.com"
public_key = "pk-lf-staging-..."

[defaults]
limit = 50
output = "table"

Secret Storage

Secret keys are stored in the system keyring (service: langfuse-cli):

• macOS: Keychain (security add-generic-password -s langfuse-cli -a default/secret_key -w <secret>)
• Linux: Secret Service API (GNOME Keyring / KDE Wallet)
• Fallback: Environment variables or config file

Environment Variables

Variable	Description
LANGFUSE_HOST	Langfuse host URL
LANGFUSE_BASEURL	Alias for LANGFUSE_HOST (SDK compatibility)
LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY	Public API key
LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY	Secret API key
LANGFUSE_PROFILE	Config profile name
LANGFUSE_FORCE_TTY	Force TTY mode (set to 1)
NO_COLOR	Disable color output

Global Options

Global options go before the subcommand:

lf --json traces list --limit 5       # correct
lf --quiet scores summary             # correct

Flag	Description
--version, -v	Show version and exit
--host URL	Override Langfuse host URL
--profile NAME	Use named config profile
--json	Output as JSON
--fields FIELDS	Filter JSON to specific fields (comma-separated, implies --json)
--jq EXPR	Filter JSON with jq expression (implies --json)
--quiet, -q	Suppress status messages

Commands

Traces

# List traces (use --from to avoid timeouts on large projects)
lf traces list --limit 10 --from 2026-02-01
lf traces list --user-id user-123 --session-id sess-456
lf traces list --tags production,v2 --name chat-completion

# Get a single trace
lf traces get <trace-id>

# Visualize trace hierarchy as a tree
lf traces tree <trace-id>

Flag	Type	Description
--limit, -l	INT	Max results (default: 50)
--user-id, -u	TEXT	Filter by user ID
--session-id	TEXT	Filter by session ID
--tags	TEXT	Filter by tags (comma-separated)
--name, -n	TEXT	Filter by trace name
--from	DATETIME	Start time filter (ISO 8601)
--to	DATETIME	End time filter (ISO 8601)

Prompts

# List all prompts
lf prompts list

# Get a specific prompt
lf prompts get my-prompt
lf prompts get my-prompt --label production
lf prompts get my-prompt --version 3

# Compile a prompt with variables
lf prompts compile my-prompt --var name=Alice --var role=engineer

# Compare two versions
lf prompts diff my-prompt --v1 3 --v2 5

Scores

# List scores
lf scores list --trace-id abc-123
lf scores list --name quality --from 2026-01-01

# Aggregated statistics
lf scores summary
lf scores summary --name quality --from 2026-01-01

Datasets

# List datasets
lf datasets list

# Get dataset with items
lf datasets get my-dataset --limit 10

Experiments

# List runs for a dataset
lf experiments list my-dataset

# Compare two runs
lf experiments compare my-dataset run-baseline run-improved

Sessions

# List sessions
lf sessions list --limit 20 --from 2026-01-01

# Get session details
lf sessions get session-abc-123

Output Modes

Context	Format	Status Messages
Terminal (TTY)	Rich aligned columns with colors	Shown
Piped (non-TTY)	Tab-separated values	Suppressed
--json flag	JSON array	Suppressed unless error
--quiet flag	Normal tables	All suppressed

# Rich table (terminal)
lf prompts list

# Tab-separated (piped)
lf traces list --limit 5 --from 2026-02-01 | head

# JSON (agent-friendly)
lf --json traces list --limit 5 --from 2026-02-01

# Filtered JSON fields
lf --fields id,name,userId traces list --limit 5 --from 2026-02-01

# jq expression
lf --jq '.[].name' traces list --limit 5 --from 2026-02-01

Exit Codes

Code	Meaning
0	Success
1	Error (API failure, auth, general)
2	Resource not found
3	Cancelled (Ctrl+C)

Architecture

Hybrid SDK + REST approach:

• REST (httpx): Traces, observations, scores, sessions — full filter control, 60s timeout
• SDK (langfuse): Prompts (built-in 300s caching), datasets, experiments — complex operations

Development

# Setup
git clone https://github.com/aviadshiber/langfuse-cli.git && cd langfuse-cli
uv sync

# Run tests (291 tests, ~97% coverage)
uv run pytest

# Lint & type check
uv run ruff check src/ tests/
uv run mypy src/

# Run locally
uv run lf --version

See CONTRIBUTING.md for detailed development guidelines.

License

MIT