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zkat/miette

Fancy extension for std::error::Error with pretty, detailed diagnostic printing. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/zkat/miette · homepage · Rust · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

63/100

  • Activity 89
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 1857
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 69
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2601 stars · 165 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

miette is a Rust diagnostic library that extends std::error::Error with a Diagnostic protocol, derive macros, and pretty, detailed error report printing including source snippets, error codes, and help text. It offers fancy terminal output as well as screen-reader-friendly and customizable printers.

Use cases

  • print pretty error diagnostics in a rust cli
  • add source code snippets to rust error messages
  • define error types with error codes and help text
  • replace anyhow with richer error reporting
  • make cli errors accessible with screen-reader-friendly output
  • attach labels and highlights to source spans in errors

When to choose

  • you want compiler-quality, fancy error output for your Rust application or CLI
  • you need structured diagnostics with codes, URLs, snippets, and related errors
  • you want an ergonomic derive macro and anyhow/eyre-style error handling

When to avoid

  • you need minimal dependencies in a small library (the fancy feature pulls in many deps)
  • you only need simple error messages without source snippets or styling
  • you are not writing Rust

Facets

library · maturity stable

error-handling logging developer-tools developer-tools programming-languages rust cross-platform cli diagnostics error-reporting derive-macro source-snippets terminal-output command-line

10 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
zkat/miettemain63

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