debug
Lightweight debugging utility for Node.js and browser with namespace-based filtering.
Used in agent projects
42
0.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in logging, monitoring and analytics
#17 of 29
by use in those projects
Downloads
576M
npm, last 7 days, debug
GitHub stars
11.5K
last push Apr 1, 2026
How debug is used
debug is a dependency in 42 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.3%), #17 of 29 in logging, monitoring and analytics. The most used alternative there is Vercel Analytics. Projects that use it most often also use Express (45.2%), dotenv (50.0%), chalk (31.0%).
Often used with debug
| Express | 45.2% of debug projects · 7.0× more than average |
|---|---|
| dotenv | 50.0% of debug projects · 3.2× more than average |
| chalk | 31.0% of debug projects · 17.7× more than average |
| node-fetch | 28.6% of debug projects · 16.6× more than average |
| ws | 26.2% of debug projects · 11.6× more than average |
| bignumber.js | 26.2% of debug projects · 32.9× more than average |
| TypeScript | 73.8% of debug projects |
| glob | 19.0% of debug projects · 18.9× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list debug as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install debug |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (34), Rust (4), Next.js (2), PHP (1) |
| Example projects | Automattic/wp-calypso, Hyk260/PureChat, JNTMTMTM/eIsland, hzrd149/nostrudel, EvanBacon/xcode |
Alternatives to debug
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel Analytics npm Real-time web analytics SDK for tracking traffic and user behavior. |
422 (3.3%) | 8.3M | 517 | MIT |
| pino-pretty npm Pretty-printer for Pino JSON logs to make terminal output human-readable. |
223 (1.8%) | 24.6M | 1,706 | MIT |
| Web Vitals npm Measure Core Web Vitals and other key performance metrics in JavaScript. |
222 (1.7%) | 48.7M | 8,640 | Apache-2.0 |
| Vercel Speed Insights npm Measure web performance metrics and get recommendations for improvement. |
167 (1.3%) | 5.6M | 116 | Apache-2.0 |
| psutil pypi Cross-platform library for retrieving process and system monitoring information. |
144 (1.1%) | 74.7M | 11.3K | BSD-3-Clause |
| Pino npm Ultra-fast JSON logger for Node.js with minimal overhead. |
129 (1.0%) | 53.3M | 18.2K | MIT |
| Sentry for Next.js npm Official Sentry SDK for error tracking and performance monitoring in Next.js apps. |
119 (0.9%) | 11.7M | 8,756 | MIT |
| Loguru pypi Simplified Python logging library with intuitive API and structured logging. |
108 (0.9%) | 16.4M | 24.1K | — |