# ziishaned/dumper.js

A better and pretty variable inspector for your Node.js applications

Repository: https://github.com/ziishaned/dumper.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dumperjs
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-02-05T18:52:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 34/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 5, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2950, "days_push": 574, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2751, forks 66 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:17.926147+00:00)

## What it is
dumper.js is a Node.js library that provides pretty, colorized variable inspection via dd() (dump and die) and dump() (dump and continue) functions. It is inspired by Laravel's debugging helpers and prints nicely formatted variable output to the console.

## Use cases
- pretty-print variables while debugging node scripts
- dump a variable and stop execution like laravel's dd
- inspect nested objects and arrays during development
- replace console.log with readable debug output
- quickly debug api responses in node.js

## When to avoid
- you need a full debugger with breakpoints and stepping
- you need structured or machine-readable logging for production
- you are debugging in the browser rather than node.js

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, logging
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: debugging, variable-inspector, dump-and-die, console-output, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- ziishaned/dumper.js (main) score 34

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:17.926147+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T08:18:56.919486+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ziishaned/dumper.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:17.926147+00:00, sha df375a09a581)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/dumper.js (fetched 2026-08-29T09:57:05.466070+00:00, sha a4e3b7d9686d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.