# AriaMinaei/pretty-error

See node.js errors with less clutter

Repository: https://github.com/AriaMinaei/pretty-error
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pretty-error
Language: CoffeeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-06-16T12:51:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4693, "days_push": 808, "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 1524, forks 51 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:58.184196+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js library that renders error objects and stack traces as clean, colorized, readable output with less clutter. It supports theming via CSS-like style rules and can be started globally to format all uncaught errors.

## Use cases
- pretty-print node.js errors in the terminal
- make stack traces easier to read while debugging
- render caught exceptions with colors
- customize how errors look with css-like themes
- globally format all uncaught errors in a node app

## When to choose
- you want readable, colorized error output in Node.js CLI tools or servers
- you need customizable error rendering with themes
- you want a one-line drop-in to improve all error output

## When to avoid
- you are not working in Node.js
- you need structured/machine-readable error reporting rather than human-readable output
- you need error tracking or aggregation across services

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: error-handling, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, backend
- platform: -
- tags: pretty-printing, stack-traces, debugging, terminal-output, theming, nodejs

## Member repositories
- AriaMinaei/pretty-error (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:58.184196+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 2026-08-30T04:31:41.402346+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/AriaMinaei/pretty-error (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:58.184196+00:00, sha b584c855ab55)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/pretty-error (fetched 2026-08-29T11:34:41.761266+00:00, sha f2d526aa245b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.