debug

A tiny JavaScript debugging utility modelled after Node.js core's debugging technique. Works in Node.js and web browsers

browserdebugdebuggingjavascriptloggingnode

MIT License

Created on Nov 29, 2011

Updated on Apr 3, 2026

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11.5k

Forks

968

Watchers

11.5k

Open Issues

85

Repository Health Score

💛

86/100

Good

Overall repository health assessment

Score Breakdown

Activity

Active development - updated this week

30/30

100%

Issues Analytics

71

Total Issues

All time

25

Open

35% of total

46

Closed

Recent Commits

docs: remove broken links to deleted examples directory (#1026)

Mahmoud Hamdy•3 days ago

f405adeView on GitHub

Fix broken repository URL in package.json (#1003)

Mark Amery•2 months ago

6704ceaView on GitHub

4.4.3

Josh Junon•6 months ago

6b2c5fbView on GitHub

4.4.1

Josh Junon•10 months ago

33330faView on GitHub

remove istanbul

Josh Junon•10 months ago

98df33eView on GitHub

fixes #987 fallback to localStorage.DEBUG if debug is not defined (#988)

Luke Zilioli•1 year ago

bf2f574View on GitHub

Replace whitespaces in namespaces string with commas globally instead of just the first space occurrence. (#997)

Prabhat Dahal•1 year ago

a0497bdView on GitHub

4.4.0

Josh Junon•1 year ago

7e3814cView on GitHub

fix inefficient .enable() regex and .enabled() test

Josh Junon•1 year ago

d2d6bf0View on GitHub

4.3.7

Josh Junon•1 year ago

bc60914View on GitHub

Upgrade ms to version 2.1.3 (#819)

Rouven Weßling•1 year ago

c63e96eView on GitHub

remove archaic badges from readme

Josh Junon•1 year ago

382864aView on GitHub

4.3.6

Josh Junon•1 year ago

c33b464View on GitHub

Avoid using deprecated RegExp.$1

bluwy•1 year ago

7956a45View on GitHub

4.3.5

Josh Junon•1 year ago

5464bddView on GitHub

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node-js

Community

11,457 stars, 968 forks

21/30

70%

Documentation

Has description, license

15/20

75%

Maintenance

0.7% issue ratio

20/20

100%

Health score is calculated based on activity, community engagement, documentation quality, and maintenance practices

Languages

JavaScript

100.0%

Dependencies12 total

1

Production

11

Development

Production Dependencies (1)

ms^2.1.3

Development Dependencies (11)

brfs^2.0.1

browserify^16.2.3

Top Contributors

1

TooTallNate

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2

tj

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90

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3

Qix-

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64

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4

thebigredgeek

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36

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5

yamikuronue

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anaisbetts

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slaskis

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dmarcelino

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4

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dougwilson

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4

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ossdev07

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Languages

JavaScript

100.0%

Issues Analytics

71

Total Issues

All time

25

Open

35% of total

46

Closed

Dependencies12 total

1

Production

11

Development

Production Dependencies (1)

ms^2.1.3

Development Dependencies (11)

brfs^2.0.1

browserify^16.2.3

coveralls

^3.0.2

karma^3.1.4

karma-browserify^6.0.0

karma-chrome-launcher^2.2.0

karma-mocha^1.3.0

mocha^5.2.0

mocha-lcov-reporter^1.2.0

sinon^14.0.0

xo^0.23.0

debugv4.4.3

65% of total

2mo

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Issues Activity: Last 6 months

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#1005 (RESOLVED) Version 4.4.2 published to npm is compromised

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open

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#975 debug causes npm to always issue an experimental ESM warning in node 23

20

13

closed

3

#1015 Publish debug@4.4.3 to avoid cached versions

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3

closed

4

#948 Specify namespace with url in ESM

featurechange-minor

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#1013 Are the modules published on npm safe from compromise?

11

closed

5

open

Recent Commits

docs: remove broken links to deleted examples directory (#1026)

Mahmoud Hamdy•3 days ago

f405adeView on GitHub

Fix broken repository URL in package.json (#1003)

Mark Amery•2 months ago

6704ceaView on GitHub

4.4.3

Josh Junon•6 months ago

6b2c5fbView on GitHub

4.4.1

Josh Junon•10 months ago

33330faView on GitHub

remove istanbul

Josh Junon•10 months ago

98df33eView on GitHub

fixes #987 fallback to localStorage.DEBUG if debug is not defined (#988)

Luke Zilioli•1 year ago

bf2f574View on GitHub

Replace whitespaces in namespaces string with commas globally instead of just the first space occurrence. (#997)

Prabhat Dahal•1 year ago

a0497bdView on GitHub

4.4.0

Josh Junon•1 year ago

7e3814cView on GitHub

fix inefficient .enable() regex and .enabled() test

Josh Junon•1 year ago

d2d6bf0View on GitHub

4.3.7

Josh Junon•1 year ago

bc60914View on GitHub

Upgrade ms to version 2.1.3 (#819)

Rouven Weßling•1 year ago

c63e96eView on GitHub

remove archaic badges from readme

Josh Junon•1 year ago

382864aView on GitHub

4.3.6

Josh Junon•1 year ago

c33b464View on GitHub

Avoid using deprecated RegExp.$1

bluwy•1 year ago

7956a45View on GitHub

4.3.5

Josh Junon•1 year ago

5464bddView on GitHub

View all commits

Top Contributors

1

TooTallNate

User

183

commits

2

tj

User

90

commits

3

Qix-

User

64

commits

4

thebigredgeek

User

36

commits

5

yamikuronue

User

16

commits

6

anaisbetts

User

6

commits

7

slaskis

User

5

commits

8

dmarcelino

User

4

commits

9

dougwilson

User

4

commits

10

ossdev07

User

4

commits

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debug

Score Breakdown

Production Dependencies (1)

Development Dependencies (11)

Production Dependencies (1)

Development Dependencies (11)

Issues Activity: Last 6 months

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