bombela/backward-cpp
A beautiful stack trace pretty printer for C++ observed · 2026-10-09
Health v2 · maintenance only
26/100
- Activity 8
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4993
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 554
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4305 stars · 535 forks observed · 2026-10-09
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Backward-cpp is a header-only C++ library that pretty-prints stack traces with source code snippets when crashes or fatal errors occur. It integrates with CMake and can automatically print traces on segfaults, aborts, and unhandled exceptions.
Use cases
- pretty print C++ stack traces on crash
- debug segfaults with source snippets
- print stack trace on unhandled exceptions
- add crash diagnostics to a C++ application
- improve readability of backtraces in logs
When to choose
- you want readable stack traces with inlined frames and code snippets in C++
- you need automatic trace printing on fatal signals with minimal setup
- you prefer a header-only drop-in library with CMake integration
When to avoid
- you need a full debugger or interactive crash analysis tool
- your platform lacks debug symbol libraries like libbfd, libdwarf, or libdw
- you cannot tolerate the runtime dependency on debug information libraries
Facets
library · maturity stable
developer-tools error-handling logging developer-tools cpp windows cross-platform stack-trace debugging header-only signal-handling crash-reporting cpp linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/bombela/backward-cpp · fetched 2026-10-09 · 6350077e9d4e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| bombela/backward-cpp | main | 26 |
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