# yoavbls/pretty-ts-errors

🔵 Make TypeScript errors prettier and human-readable in VSCode 🎀

Repository: https://github.com/yoavbls/pretty-ts-errors
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pretty-ts-errors
Homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=yoavbls.pretty-ts-errors
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: typescript, vscode, vscode-extension, errors, astro, deno, svelte, vue
Last push: 2026-08-24T10:24:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 43, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1464, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 165, "gap_med": 240.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 14105, forks 110 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:05.490842+00:00)

## What it is
A VSCode extension that reformats TypeScript error messages into prettier, human-readable output with syntax highlighting. It supports TypeScript across many file types including .ts, .tsx, .astro, .svelte, .vue, and JSDoc-typed JavaScript.

## Use cases
- make TypeScript error messages readable
- understand complex type errors in VSCode
- syntax highlight types in compiler errors
- navigate to type declarations from error messages
- read TypeScript errors in plain English
- see prettier errors in Vue, Svelte, and Astro files

## When to choose
- you work with TypeScript in VSCode and struggle with verbose type errors
- your codebase has complex generics or deeply nested types
- you want quick navigation to type declarations from errors

## When to avoid
- you don't use VSCode or a compatible editor like Cursor
- you work in plain JavaScript without JSDoc types
- you prefer raw compiler output for tooling reasons

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, error-handling, editor
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages, text-editors
- platform: editor-plugin, cross-platform
- tags: typescript, vscode-extension, error-messages, dx, syntax-highlighting

## Member repositories
- yoavbls/pretty-ts-errors (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:05.490842+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 2026-08-29T17:12:48.995310+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/yoavbls/pretty-ts-errors (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:05.490842+00:00, sha a63913c67675)
  - homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=yoavbls.pretty-ts-errors (fetched 2026-08-29T08:06:55.423226+00:00, sha 36b798d933fe)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.