diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ff392831..85ff53d84 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ### Features
 
+- You can now use [Spotlight](https://spotlightjs.com) with your apps that use sentry-ruby! [#2175](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pulls/2175) 
 - Improve default slug generation for `sidekiq-scheduler` [#2184](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2184)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/client.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/client.rb
index d9e0f5b07..d2e886395 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/client.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/client.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ class Client
     # @return [Transport]
     attr_reader :transport
 
+    # The Transport object that'll send events for the client.
+    # @return [SpotlightTransport, nil]
+    attr_reader :spotlight_transport
+
     # @!macro configuration
     attr_reader :configuration
 
@@ -32,6 +36,8 @@ def initialize(configuration)
             DummyTransport.new(configuration)
           end
       end
+
+      @spotlight_transport = SpotlightTransport.new(configuration) if configuration.spotlight
     end
 
     # Applies the given scope's data to the event and sends it to Sentry.
@@ -167,6 +173,7 @@ def send_event(event, hint = nil)
       end
 
       transport.send_event(event)
+      spotlight_transport&.send_event(event)
 
       event
     rescue => e
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/configuration.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/configuration.rb
index 1f89f31a3..606147aae 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/configuration.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/configuration.rb
@@ -142,6 +142,14 @@ class Configuration
     # @return [Boolean]
     attr_accessor :include_local_variables
 
+    # Whether to capture events and traces into Spotlight. Default is false.
+    # If you set this to true, Sentry will send events and traces to the local
+    # Sidecar proxy at http://localhost:8969/stream.
+    # If you want to use a different Sidecar proxy address, set this to String
+    # with the proxy URL.
+    # @return [Boolean, String]
+    attr_accessor :spotlight
+
     # @deprecated Use {#include_local_variables} instead.
     alias_method :capture_exception_frame_locals, :include_local_variables
 
@@ -344,6 +352,7 @@ def initialize
       self.auto_session_tracking = true
       self.trusted_proxies = []
       self.dsn = ENV['SENTRY_DSN']
+      self.spotlight = false
       self.server_name = server_name_from_env
       self.instrumenter = :sentry
       self.trace_propagation_targets = [PROPAGATION_TARGETS_MATCH_ALL]
@@ -451,7 +460,7 @@ def profiles_sample_rate=(profiles_sample_rate)
     def sending_allowed?
       @errors = []
 
-      valid? && capture_in_environment?
+      spotlight || (valid? && capture_in_environment?)
     end
 
     def sample_allowed?
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/transport.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/transport.rb
index 2b786af78..393e36de6 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/transport.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/transport.rb
@@ -119,18 +119,6 @@ def is_rate_limited?(item_type)
       !!delay && delay > Time.now
     end
 
-    def generate_auth_header
-      now = Sentry.utc_now.to_i
-      fields = {
-        'sentry_version' => PROTOCOL_VERSION,
-        'sentry_client' => USER_AGENT,
-        'sentry_timestamp' => now,
-        'sentry_key' => @dsn.public_key
-      }
-      fields['sentry_secret'] = @dsn.secret_key if @dsn.secret_key
-      'Sentry ' + fields.map { |key, value| "#{key}=#{value}" }.join(', ')
-    end
-
     def envelope_from_event(event)
       # Convert to hash
       event_payload = event.to_hash
@@ -220,3 +208,4 @@ def reject_rate_limited_items(envelope)
 
 require "sentry/transport/dummy_transport"
 require "sentry/transport/http_transport"
+require "sentry/transport/spotlight_transport"
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/transport/http_transport.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/transport/http_transport.rb
index 4b1fa1771..270f05d4f 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/transport/http_transport.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/transport/http_transport.rb
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ class HTTPTransport < Transport
 
     def initialize(*args)
       super
-      @endpoint = @dsn.envelope_endpoint
-
-      log_debug("Sentry HTTP Transport will connect to #{@dsn.server}")
+      log_debug("Sentry HTTP Transport will connect to #{@dsn.server}") if @dsn
     end
 
     def send_data(data)
@@ -42,12 +40,14 @@ def send_data(data)
       headers = {
         'Content-Type' => CONTENT_TYPE,
         'Content-Encoding' => encoding,
-        'X-Sentry-Auth' => generate_auth_header,
         'User-Agent' => USER_AGENT
       }
 
+      auth_header = generate_auth_header
+      headers['X-Sentry-Auth'] = auth_header if auth_header
+
       response = conn.start do |http|
-        request = ::Net::HTTP::Post.new(@endpoint, headers)
+        request = ::Net::HTTP::Post.new(endpoint, headers)
         request.body = data
         http.request(request)
       end
@@ -69,9 +69,53 @@ def send_data(data)
         raise Sentry::ExternalError, error_info
       end
     rescue SocketError, *HTTP_ERRORS => e
+      on_error if respond_to?(:on_error)
       raise Sentry::ExternalError.new(e&.message)
     end
 
+    def endpoint
+      @dsn.envelope_endpoint
+    end
+
+    def generate_auth_header
+      return nil unless @dsn
+
+      now = Sentry.utc_now.to_i
+      fields = {
+        'sentry_version' => PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+        'sentry_client' => USER_AGENT,
+        'sentry_timestamp' => now,
+        'sentry_key' => @dsn.public_key
+      }
+      fields['sentry_secret'] = @dsn.secret_key if @dsn.secret_key
+      'Sentry ' + fields.map { |key, value| "#{key}=#{value}" }.join(', ')
+    end
+
+    def conn
+      server = URI(@dsn.server)
+
+      # connection respects proxy setting from @transport_configuration, or environment variables (HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, NO_PROXY)
+      # Net::HTTP will automatically read the env vars.
+      # See https://ruby-doc.org/3.2.2/stdlibs/net/Net/HTTP.html#class-Net::HTTP-label-Proxies
+      connection =
+        if proxy = normalize_proxy(@transport_configuration.proxy)
+          ::Net::HTTP.new(server.hostname, server.port, proxy[:uri].hostname, proxy[:uri].port, proxy[:user], proxy[:password])
+        else
+          ::Net::HTTP.new(server.hostname, server.port)
+        end
+
+      connection.use_ssl = server.scheme == "https"
+      connection.read_timeout = @transport_configuration.timeout
+      connection.write_timeout = @transport_configuration.timeout if connection.respond_to?(:write_timeout)
+      connection.open_timeout = @transport_configuration.open_timeout
+
+      ssl_configuration.each do |key, value|
+        connection.send("#{key}=", value)
+      end
+
+      connection
+    end
+
     private
 
     def has_rate_limited_header?(headers)
@@ -136,31 +180,6 @@ def should_compress?(data)
       @transport_configuration.encoding == GZIP_ENCODING && data.bytesize >= GZIP_THRESHOLD
     end
 
-    def conn
-      server = URI(@dsn.server)
-      
-      # connection respects proxy setting from @transport_configuration, or environment variables (HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, NO_PROXY)
-      # Net::HTTP will automatically read the env vars.
-      # See https://ruby-doc.org/3.2.2/stdlibs/net/Net/HTTP.html#class-Net::HTTP-label-Proxies
-      connection =
-        if proxy = normalize_proxy(@transport_configuration.proxy)
-          ::Net::HTTP.new(server.hostname, server.port, proxy[:uri].hostname, proxy[:uri].port, proxy[:user], proxy[:password])
-        else
-          ::Net::HTTP.new(server.hostname, server.port)
-        end
-
-      connection.use_ssl = server.scheme == "https"
-      connection.read_timeout = @transport_configuration.timeout
-      connection.write_timeout = @transport_configuration.timeout if connection.respond_to?(:write_timeout)
-      connection.open_timeout = @transport_configuration.open_timeout
-
-      ssl_configuration.each do |key, value|
-        connection.send("#{key}=", value)
-      end
-
-      connection
-    end
-
     # @param proxy [String, URI, Hash] Proxy config value passed into `config.transport`.
     #   Accepts either a URI formatted string, URI, or a hash with the `uri`, `user`, and `password` keys.
     # @return [Hash] Normalized proxy config that will be passed into `Net::HTTP`
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/transport/spotlight_transport.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/transport/spotlight_transport.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..804f1d23e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/transport/spotlight_transport.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "net/http"
+require "zlib"
+
+module Sentry
+  # Designed to just report events to Spotlight in development.
+  class SpotlightTransport < HTTPTransport
+    DEFAULT_SIDECAR_URL = "http://localhost:8969/stream"
+    MAX_FAILED_REQUESTS = 3
+
+    def initialize(configuration)
+      super
+      @sidecar_url = configuration.spotlight.is_a?(String) ? configuration.spotlight : DEFAULT_SIDECAR_URL
+      @failed = 0
+      @logged = false
+
+      log_debug("[Spotlight] initialized for url #{@sidecar_url}")
+    end
+
+    def endpoint
+      "/stream"
+    end
+
+    def send_data(data)
+      if @failed >= MAX_FAILED_REQUESTS
+        unless @logged
+          log_debug("[Spotlight] disabling because of too many request failures")
+          @logged = true
+        end
+
+        return
+      end
+
+      super
+    end
+
+    def on_error
+      @failed += 1
+    end
+
+    # Similar to HTTPTransport connection, but does not support Proxy and SSL
+    def conn
+      sidecar = URI(@sidecar_url)
+      connection = ::Net::HTTP.new(sidecar.hostname, sidecar.port, nil)
+      connection.use_ssl = false
+      connection
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/client_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/client_spec.rb
index a3517dc1d..91eeeceee 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/client_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/client_spec.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,34 @@ def sentry_context
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#spotlight_transport" do
+    it "nil by default" do
+      expect(subject.spotlight_transport).to eq(nil)
+    end
+
+    it "nil when false" do
+      configuration.spotlight = false
+      expect(subject.spotlight_transport).to eq(nil)
+    end
+
+    it "has a transport when true" do
+      configuration.spotlight = true
+      expect(described_class.new(configuration).spotlight_transport).to be_a(Sentry::SpotlightTransport)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#send_event" do
+    context "with spotlight enabled" do
+      before { configuration.spotlight = true }
+
+      it "calls spotlight transport" do
+        event = subject.event_from_message('test')
+        expect(subject.spotlight_transport).to receive(:send_event).with(event)
+        subject.send_event(event)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#event_from_message' do
     let(:message) { 'This is a message' }
 
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/configuration_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/configuration_spec.rb
index 5e4beb7ee..367c1450e 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/configuration_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/configuration_spec.rb
@@ -256,6 +256,19 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#spotlight" do
+    it "false by default" do
+      expect(subject.spotlight).to eq(false)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#sending_allowed?" do
+    it "true when spotlight" do
+      subject.spotlight = true
+      expect(subject.sending_allowed?).to eq(true)
+    end
+  end
+
   context 'configuring for async' do
     it 'should be configurable to send events async' do
       subject.async = ->(_e) { :ok }
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/transport/http_transport_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/transport/http_transport_spec.rb
index bf342e356..3c7b1b051 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/transport/http_transport_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/transport/http_transport_spec.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   end
   let(:client) { Sentry::Client.new(configuration) }
   let(:event) { client.event_from_message("foobarbaz") }
+  let(:fake_time) { Time.now }
   let(:data) do
     subject.serialize_envelope(subject.envelope_from_event(event.to_hash)).first
   end
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@
     it "accepts a proxy from ENV[HTTP_PROXY]" do
       begin
         ENV["http_proxy"] = "https://stan:foobar@example.com:8080"
-  
+
         stub_request(fake_response) do |_, http_obj|
           expect(http_obj.proxy_address).to eq("example.com")
           expect(http_obj.proxy_port).to eq(8080)
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@
             expect(http_obj.proxy_pass).to eq("foobar")
           end
         end
-  
+
         subject.send_data(data)
       ensure
         ENV["http_proxy"] = nil
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@
       allow(::Net::HTTP).to receive(:new).and_raise(SocketError.new("socket error"))
       expect do
         subject.send_data(data)
-      end.to raise_error(Sentry::ExternalError) 
+      end.to raise_error(Sentry::ExternalError)
     end
 
     it "reports other errors to Sentry if they are not recognized" do
@@ -321,4 +322,36 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#generate_auth_header" do
+    it "generates an auth header" do
+      expect(subject.send(:generate_auth_header)).to eq(
+        "Sentry sentry_version=7, sentry_client=sentry-ruby/#{Sentry::VERSION}, sentry_timestamp=#{fake_time.to_i}, " \
+        "sentry_key=12345, sentry_secret=67890"
+      )
+    end
+
+    it "generates an auth header without a secret (Sentry 9)" do
+      configuration.server = "https://66260460f09b5940498e24bb7ce093a0@sentry.io/42"
+
+      expect(subject.send(:generate_auth_header)).to eq(
+        "Sentry sentry_version=7, sentry_client=sentry-ruby/#{Sentry::VERSION}, sentry_timestamp=#{fake_time.to_i}, " \
+        "sentry_key=66260460f09b5940498e24bb7ce093a0"
+      )
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#endpoint" do
+    it "returns correct endpoint" do
+      expect(subject.endpoint).to eq("/sentry/api/42/envelope/")
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#conn" do
+    it "returns a connection" do
+      expect(subject.conn).to be_a(Net::HTTP)
+      expect(subject.conn.address).to eq("sentry.localdomain")
+      expect(subject.conn.use_ssl?).to eq(false)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/transport/spotlight_transport_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/transport/spotlight_transport_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04de57af6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/transport/spotlight_transport_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe Sentry::SpotlightTransport do
+  let(:configuration) do
+    Sentry::Configuration.new.tap do |config|
+      config.spotlight = true
+      config.logger = Logger.new(nil)
+    end
+  end
+
+  let(:custom_configuration) do
+    Sentry::Configuration.new.tap do |config|
+      config.spotlight = 'http://foobar@test.com'
+      config.logger = Logger.new(nil)
+    end
+  end
+
+  let(:client) { Sentry::Client.new(configuration) }
+  let(:event) { client.event_from_message("foobarbaz") }
+  let(:data) do
+    subject.serialize_envelope(subject.envelope_from_event(event.to_hash)).first
+  end
+
+  subject { described_class.new(configuration) }
+
+  it 'logs a debug message during initialization' do
+    string_io = StringIO.new
+    configuration.logger = Logger.new(string_io)
+
+    subject
+
+    expect(string_io.string).to include('sentry: [Spotlight] initialized for url http://localhost:8969/stream')
+  end
+
+  describe '#endpoint' do
+    it 'returs correct endpoint' do
+      expect(subject.endpoint).to eq('/stream')
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#conn' do
+    it 'returns connection with default host' do
+      expect(subject.conn).to be_a(Net::HTTP)
+      expect(subject.conn.address).to eq('localhost')
+      expect(subject.conn.port).to eq(8969)
+      expect(subject.conn.use_ssl?).to eq(false)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns connection with overriden host' do
+      subject = described_class.new(custom_configuration)
+      expect(subject.conn).to be_a(Net::HTTP)
+      expect(subject.conn.address).to eq('test.com')
+      expect(subject.conn.port).to eq(80)
+      expect(subject.conn.use_ssl?).to eq(false)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#send_data' do
+    it 'fails a maximum of three times and logs disable once' do
+      string_io = StringIO.new
+      configuration.logger = Logger.new(string_io)
+      configuration.logger.level = :debug
+
+      allow(::Net::HTTP).to receive(:new).and_raise(Errno::ECONNREFUSED)
+
+      3.times do
+        expect do
+          subject.send_data(data)
+        end.to raise_error(Sentry::ExternalError)
+      end
+
+      3.times do
+        expect do
+          subject.send_data(data)
+        end.not_to raise_error
+      end
+
+      expect(string_io.string.scan('sentry: [Spotlight] disabling because of too many request failures').size).to eq(1)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/transport_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/transport_spec.rb
index 7a44cbc89..fbad63039 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/transport_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/transport_spec.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
       config.logger = logger
     end
   end
-  let(:fake_time) { Time.now }
 
   let(:client) { Sentry::Client.new(configuration) }
   let(:hub) do
@@ -475,22 +474,4 @@
       end
     end
   end
-
-  describe "#generate_auth_header" do
-    it "generates an auth header" do
-      expect(subject.send(:generate_auth_header)).to eq(
-        "Sentry sentry_version=7, sentry_client=sentry-ruby/#{Sentry::VERSION}, sentry_timestamp=#{fake_time.to_i}, " \
-        "sentry_key=12345, sentry_secret=67890"
-      )
-    end
-
-    it "generates an auth header without a secret (Sentry 9)" do
-      configuration.server = "https://66260460f09b5940498e24bb7ce093a0@sentry.io/42"
-
-      expect(subject.send(:generate_auth_header)).to eq(
-        "Sentry sentry_version=7, sentry_client=sentry-ruby/#{Sentry::VERSION}, sentry_timestamp=#{fake_time.to_i}, " \
-        "sentry_key=66260460f09b5940498e24bb7ce093a0"
-      )
-    end
-  end
 end
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry_spec.rb
index b2fd37164..0396734ad 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 require "spec_helper"
+require 'contexts/with_request_mock'
 
 RSpec.describe Sentry do
+  include_context "with request mock"
+
   before do
     perform_basic_setup
   end
@@ -145,6 +148,21 @@
       event = last_sentry_event
       expect(event.tags[:hint][:foo]).to eq("bar")
     end
+
+    context "with spotlight" do
+      before { perform_basic_setup { |c| c.spotlight = true } }
+
+      it "sends the event to spotlight too" do
+        stub_request(build_fake_response("200")) do |request, http_obj|
+          expect(request["Content-Type"]).to eq("application/x-sentry-envelope")
+          expect(request["Content-Encoding"]).to eq("gzip")
+          expect(http_obj.address).to eq("localhost")
+          expect(http_obj.port).to eq(8969)
+        end
+
+        described_class.send_event(event)
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe ".capture_event" do