debug VS Bunyan

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debug

A tiny JavaScript debugging utility modelled after Node.js core's debugging technique. Works in Node.js and web browsers (by debug-js)

Bunyan

a simple and fast JSON logging module for node.js services (by trentm)
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debug Bunyan
26 12
10,972 7,124
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3.6 0.0
7 months ago 6 months ago
JavaScript JavaScript
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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debug

Posts with mentions or reviews of debug. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-14.
  • Help I have a JavaScript Lib that blows away competition but nobody knows of it
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Apr 2023
  • After having used many loggers/debuggers...
    3 projects | /r/typescript | 11 Feb 2023
    It is a drop-in, TypeScript replacement to enhance the widely popular https://www.npmjs.com/package/debug (230k weekly downloads).
  • Create a Node.js command-line library with NRWL NX workspace
    6 projects | dev.to | 8 Jan 2023
    debug - npm - Required. A popular library to write debug logs.
  • Debugging Figma and other packaged Electron apps in Visual Studio Code
    2 projects | dev.to | 8 Jan 2023
    I strongly recommend using the debug package from NPM to organize your log messages
  • Stop using console.log! @lvkshLogger, your new favorite logging lib!
    2 projects | /r/node | 3 Feb 2022
    i still prefer debug
  • Debug traces library in python ?
    2 projects | /r/learnpython | 30 Dec 2021
    I`m searching for a library to put debug traces in your python code, similar to this node js library https://www.npmjs.com/package/debug
  • What’s the most underrated Developer Tools debugging Tip/Trick?
    2 projects | /r/reactjs | 20 Dec 2021
    Use the debug library https://www.npmjs.com/package/debug
  • can't install ganashe through npm
    5 projects | /r/Truffle | 13 Nov 2021
    npm install npm WARN old lockfile npm WARN old lockfile The package-lock.json file was created with an old version of npm, npm WARN old lockfile so supplemental metadata must be fetched from the registry. npm WARN old lockfile npm WARN old lockfile This is a one-time fix-up, please be patient... npm WARN old lockfile npm WARN EBADENGINE Unsupported engine { npm WARN EBADENGINE package: '[email protected]', npm WARN EBADENGINE required: { node: '12.13.1' }, npm WARN EBADENGINE current: { node: 'v16.11.1', npm: '8.1.3' } npm WARN EBADENGINE } npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Renamed to @metamask/safe-event-emitter npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please update to ini >=1.3.6 to avoid a prototype pollution issue npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This package is broken and no longer maintained. 'mkdirp' itself supports promises now, please switch to that. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: flatten is deprecated in favor of utility frameworks such as lodash. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This package is broken and no longer maintained. 'mkdirp' itself supports promises now, please switch to that. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: request-promise-native has been deprecated because it extends the now deprecated request package, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142 npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please see https://github.com/lydell/urix#deprecated npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: this library is no longer supported npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please see https://github.com/lydell/urix#deprecated npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: this library is no longer supported npm WARN deprecated @web3-js/[email protected]: This package is deprecated, for a pure JS implementation please use scrypt-js npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Deprecated in favor of '@metamask/eth-sig-util' npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please use Util.Account class found on package ethereumjs-util@^7.0.6 https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-util/releases/tag/v7.0.6 npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: https://github.com/lydell/resolve-url#deprecated npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: https://github.com/lydell/resolve-url#deprecated npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: use String.prototype.padStart() npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/block. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/block. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/block. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Deprecated in favor of '@metamask/eth-sig-util' npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/block. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: some dependency vulnerabilities fixed, support for node < 10 dropped, and newer ECMAScript syntax/features added npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Chokidar 2 will break on node v14+. Upgrade to chokidar 3 with 15x less dependencies. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Chokidar 2 will break on node v14+. Upgrade to chokidar 3 with 15x less dependencies. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: The querystring API is considered Legacy. new code should use the URLSearchParams API instead. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: We don't use this library anymore so you shouldn't either. Use e.g. 'uuid' instead! npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/tx. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/tx. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/tx. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/tx. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/tx. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade to version 7 or higher. Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic. See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: babel-eslint is now @babel/eslint-parser. This package will no longer receive updates. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/ethash. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade to version 7 or higher. Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic. See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This module has been superseded by the multiformats module npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade to version 7 or higher. Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic. See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade to version 7 or higher. Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic. See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade to version 7 or higher. Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic. See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade to version 7 or higher. Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic. See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Legacy versions of mkdirp are no longer supported. Please update to mkdirp 1.x. (Note that the API surface has changed to use Promises in 1.x.) npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/blockchain. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142 npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142 npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/tx. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This module has been superseded by the multiformats module npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This module has been superseded by the multiformats module npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/tx. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/tx. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/tx. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This module has been superseded by the multiformats module npm WARN deprecated @web3-js/[email protected]: The branch for this fork was merged upstream, please update your package to [email protected] npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/vm. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/vm. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/vm. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/block. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/block. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/block. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This SVGO version is no longer supported. Upgrade to v2.x.x. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/common. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/common. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This SVGO version is no longer supported. Upgrade to v2.x.x. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: New package name format for new versions: @ethereumjs/vm. Please update. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This module has been superseded by the multiformats module npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This version of tar is no longer supported, and will not receive security updates. Please upgrade asap. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Version no longer supported. Upgrade to @latest npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: core-js@<3.3 is no longer maintained and not recommended for usage due to the number of issues. Because of the V8 engine whims, feature detection in old core-js versions could cause a slowdown up to 100x even if nothing is polyfilled. Please, upgrade your dependencies to the actual version of core-js. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: core-js@<3.3 is no longer maintained and not recommended for usage due to the number of issues. Because of the V8 engine whims, feature detection in old core-js versions could cause a slowdown up to 100x even if nothing is polyfilled. Please, upgrade your dependencies to the actual version of core-js. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: core-js@<3.3 is no longer maintained and not recommended for usage due to the number of issues. Because of the V8 engine whims, feature detection in old core-js versions could cause a slowdown up to 100x even if nothing is polyfilled. Please, upgrade your dependencies to the actual version of core-js. npm ERR! code 1 npm ERR! path /home/mehdielghali/Desktop/ganache-ui/node_modules/node-sass npm ERR! command failed npm ERR! command sh -c node scripts/build.js npm ERR! Building: /usr/bin/node /home/mehdielghali/Desktop/ganache-ui/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js rebuild --verbose --libsass_ext= --libsass_cflags= --libsass_ldflags= --libsass_library= npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok npm ERR! gyp verb cli [ npm ERR! gyp verb cli '/usr/bin/node', npm ERR! gyp verb cli '/home/mehdielghali/Desktop/ganache-ui/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js', npm ERR! gyp verb cli 'rebuild', npm ERR! gyp verb cli '--verbose', npm ERR! gyp verb cli '--libsass_ext=', npm ERR! gyp verb cli '--libsass_cflags=', npm ERR! gyp verb cli '--libsass_ldflags=', npm ERR! gyp verb cli '--libsass_library=' npm ERR! gyp verb cli ] npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected] npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected] | linux | x64 npm ERR! gyp verb command rebuild [] npm ERR! gyp verb command clean [] npm ERR! gyp verb clean removing "build" directory npm ERR! gyp verb command configure [] npm ERR! gyp verb check python checking for Python executable "/usr/bin/python3" in the PATH npm ERR! gyp verb `which` succeeded /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python3 npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: Command failed: /usr/bin/python3 -c import sys; print "%s.%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:3]; npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack File "", line 1 npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack import sys; print "%s.%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:3]; npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'. Did you mean print(...)? npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:397:12) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:390:28) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1064:16) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:301:5) npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Linux 5.14.16-301.fc35.x86_64 npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/home/mehdielghali/Desktop/ganache-ui/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild" "--verbose" "--libsass_ext=" "--libsass_cflags=" "--libsass_ldflags=" "--libsass_library=" npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd /home/mehdielghali/Desktop/ganache-ui/node_modules/node-sass npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v16.11.1 npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0 npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok npm ERR! Build failed with error code: 1 npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! /home/mehdielghali/.npm/_logs/2021-11-14T02_59_08_900Z-debug.log
  • Dynamic Log Control for Serverless
    5 projects | dev.to | 19 Aug 2021
    To see code samples for Bunyan, Debug, Winston or Python please checkout our Dynamic Logging Samples which has detailed code samples for each library and Python using these techniques.
  • [better-logging] My library better-logging just achieved 1k downloads in a week for the first time, and I'm really stoked about it! Just thought I'd share :)
    5 projects | /r/javascript | 28 Jan 2021
    Relevant source code of "debug" library: https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/blob/e47f96de3de5921584364b4ac91e2769d22a3b1f/src/node.js#L193-L195

Bunyan

Posts with mentions or reviews of Bunyan. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-22.
  • Structured Logging with Slog
    11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Aug 2023
  • Logging in your API
    13 projects | dev.to | 22 Feb 2023
    NodeJS -> Pino, Winston, Bunyan, Npmlog, e.t.c.
  • 7 Best Node.js Logging Libraries for Your Next Projects
    6 projects | dev.to | 13 Dec 2022
    Bunyan is also another popular and fast JSON Node.js logging library. Just like Winston, it also supports logging into multiple transport options. Other features include a neat-printing CLI for logs, a log filter, serializers for rendering objects, snooping system, and the ability to support multiple runtime environments such as NW.js and WebPack. Bunyan enforces the JSON format for logs.
  • Node.js: How to Power Up Your Logging
    3 projects | dev.to | 1 May 2022
    bunyan argues that logs should be structured and that JSON is a good format for that. It describes itself as a “simple and fast JSON logging library” and has all the features you would expect from a logging library, including serializers and support for different runtime environments including Node.js, Browserify and Webpack.
  • Understanding the dependency inversion principle in TypeScript
    2 projects | dev.to | 21 Mar 2022
    Suppose that after some time you decide that the winston logger library was not the best logger for your project and you want to use Bunyan, what do you do? You just need to create a BunyanLogger class that implements the ILogger interface and it is ready to be used by the UserService.
  • Patterns and Anti-patterns in Node.js
    12 projects | dev.to | 15 Mar 2022
    Bunyan: Another popular logging library that outputs in JSON by default.
  • Top 15 libraries you should use for every Node Express backend project.
    3 projects | dev.to | 13 Mar 2022
    bunyan
  • Designing Error Messages and a Logging Strategy in Node.js
    3 projects | dev.to | 30 Nov 2021
    Are there more options? Absolutely: Bunyan, Pino, and others. It depends on what your particular logging needs are.
  • Open Sourcing URL Shortener
    5 projects | dev.to | 2 Oct 2021
    With the increasing number of requests and possibly errors, we needed a proper logging setup to debug and monitor the service. That’s why we chose bunyan to log insightful data in our application. These logs sit conveniently on our new logging pipeline running on EFK (or, Elasticsearch Fluentd Kibana) stack. While this deserves a separate blog post on its own, let’s take a brief look at how the logs travel from our application to the kibana dashboard.
  • Best Practices for Logging in Node.js
    5 projects | dev.to | 8 Sep 2021
    Bunyan — Another feature-rich logging framework that outputs in JSON by default and provides a CLI tool for viewing your logs.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing debug and Bunyan you can also consider the following projects:

pino - 🌲 super fast, all natural json logger

winston - A logger for just about everything.

node-inspector - Node.js debugger based on Blink Developer Tools

console-log-level - The most simple logger imaginable

tracer for node.js - A powerful and customizable logging library for node.js

npm-fast-installer - npm-fast-installer - NPM install configuration in top of YAML for fast NPM install usage.

bugger - Bugs bugging you? Bug back.

storyboard - End-to-end, hierarchical, real-time, colorful logs and stories

ndb - ndb is an improved debugging experience for Node.js, enabled by Chrome DevTools

log4js-node - A port of log4js to node.js

longjohn - Long stack traces for node.js inspired by https://github.com/tlrobinson/long-stack-traces

swagger-stats - API Observability. Trace API calls and Monitor API performance, health and usage statistics in Node.js Microservices.