> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.rootprint.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# What is Rootprint?

> Rootprint is an open-source, self-hosted log management platform that runs search directly on cloud storage.

Rootprint is a self-hosted log management platform that runs search directly on object storage. It embeds [Quickwit](https://quickwit.io), a cloud-native search engine designed for log and event data, as its search engine, or attaches to a Quickwit instance you already run.

Get started or explore:

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  <Card title="Installation" icon="docker" href="/install/docker-compose">
    Choose between a self-contained deployment or connect to an existing Quickwit instance.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Send Logs" icon="send" href="/send-logs/overview">
    Create an ingest API key and stream logs over OTLP HTTP or the authenticated ingest endpoint.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Key features

* **Log search on object storage**: query your logs with full-text search
* **Log frequency histogram**: visualize log volume and severity distribution over time
* **Quick filters**: one-click filtering by field values with aggregation counts
* **Saved views**: bookmark and share frequently used searches with your team
* **Log export**: download filtered results as NDJSON, CSV, or plain text
* **Log ingestion**: push logs over OTEL or custom NDJSON HTTP endpoint
* **Pull-based sources**: ingest from Amazon Kinesis, Apache Kafka, or SQS
* **Index management**: create, configure, and delete custom indexes and their sources
* **Programmatic access**: personal and service-account API keys for read-only log queries from scripts, dashboards, and agents
* **User management**: invite-based access control with optional Google or GitHub sign-in