better-trace

“A colorful, context-rich traceback formatter for Python.”

Welcome to the official documentation for better-trace!

What’s New?

Added

• Actual SyntaxError frame if it is a runtime error

• CLI support

Fixed

• README Formatting

Contents:

• Installation
  • Requirements
  • Install from PyPI
  • Verify the installation
  • Installation for developers / contributors
  • Upgrading
• Usage
  • Basic setup
  • Demo
  • Example: Simple exception
  • Example: Debugging a real bug
  • Example: CLI mode
  • Disable formatter
• API
  • Public functions
  • Configuration for initialize()
  • Behavior
• CLI
  • Description
  • Basic usage
  • Syntax
  • Options (for run)
  • Other commands
• FAQ
  • Why can’t I see any colors?
  • Does it modify python internals?
  • I can’t see the locals! Can you help me?
  • Do I need rich for this?
  • Why doesn’t better-trace affect exceptions inside a try-except block?
  • Does better-trace work on IDEs?
  • What Python versions are supported?
  • How do I revert back to the original traceback?
  • How do I install better-trace?
  • Does better-trace support ExceptionGroups?
• API Reference
  • better_trace