Better Errors VS pry-rescue

Compare Better Errors vs pry-rescue and see what are their differences.

Better Errors

Better error page for Rack apps (by BetterErrors)

pry-rescue

Start a pry session whenever something goes wrong. (by ConradIrwin)
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Better Errors pry-rescue
2 4
6,870 845
0.1% -
1.2 4.6
8 days ago 4 months ago
Ruby Ruby
MIT License MIT License
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Better Errors

Posts with mentions or reviews of Better Errors. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-10.
  • how to debug console?
    3 projects | /r/rails | 10 Jul 2022
    There are a few options for this behavior. There is https://github.com/pry/pry-rails which allows you to set break points in your code that does exactly what you're describing when it's hit. Or there's https://github.com/BetterErrors/better_errors. This one does a pretty page when an error happens with a live console open on the page you can use.
  • Debugging Ruby application running in docker with VS code
    3 projects | /r/ruby | 30 May 2021

pry-rescue

Posts with mentions or reviews of pry-rescue. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-03.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Better Errors and pry-rescue you can also consider the following projects:

Exception Notification - Exception Notifier Plugin for Rails

vscode-ruby - Provides Ruby language and debugging support for Visual Studio Code

Raven Ruby - Sentry SDK for Ruby

Pry - A runtime developer console and IRB alternative with powerful introspection capabilities.

Errbit - The open source error catcher that's Airbrake API compliant

zeitwerk - Efficient and thread-safe code loader for Ruby

Exception Handler - Ruby on Rails Custom Error Pages

deprecated-coalton-prototype - Coalton is (supposed to be) a dialect of ML embedded in Common Lisp.

Airbrake - The official Airbrake library for Ruby applications

pry-reload

Honeybadger - Ruby gem for reporting errors to honeybadger.io

Ruby on Rails - Ruby on Rails