Turn cryptic errors into plain English.
Instantly analyze programming errors with AI-powered explanations, root cause detection, and actionable solutions.
Debugging cryptic programming errors is slow and frustrating. Traditional tools like Stack Overflow or general AI chatbots often provide incomplete or unstructured answers. ErrExplain fills this gap by providing structured explanations, actionable solutions, and minimal reproducible code for errors across multiple languages.
- 🔍 Smart Error Analysis – Paste any error message and get structured explanations
- 🎯 Root Cause Detection – Understand the actual cause of the error
- 🛠️ Actionable Solutions – Step-by-step fixes that work
- 💻 AI-Generated Minimal Code – Reproduce the exact error with minimal example code
- 🗑️ Delete Errors from History – Remove unwanted entries from your dashboard
- 🔐 Privacy Controls & Auto-Moderation – Strip API keys, passwords, and optionally mark entries private
- 🌙 Dark/Light Theme – Seamless dark mode support
- 💬 Voting System – Vote on solutions as helpful or not helpful
- 🔗 Collaborative Sharing – Generate shareable links for team debugging
- 📊 Error History – Track and analyze debugging patterns with charts
- ⚡ Rate Limiting – 5 free analyses per day
- 📱 Mobile Friendly – Works on all devices
- Frontend: Next.js 15+, React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, clsx
- Backend: Appwrite Functions, Next.js API Routes, Node.js, node-appwrite
- Database: Appwrite Database
- AI: Groq (Llama 4 Maverick)
- Vercel AI SDK: ai, @ai-sdk/groq
- Validation: Zod
- UI / UX: Sonner (toasts), Appwrite Avatars (QR codes)
- Charts: Recharts
- Icons: Lucide React
- Deployment: Appwrite Sites
- Paste your error message
- Analyze – ErrExplain provides explanation, root causes, and solutions
- Reproduce – Generate minimal example code for the error
- Track – Save and analyze your error history in your dashboard
- Share – Generate shareable links for collaboration
- Node.js 18+
- Appwrite account and project
- Groq API key
# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/AbhiVarde/errexplain.git
cd errexplain
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Set up environment variables
cp .env.example .env.local
# Edit .env.local with your credentials
# Run development server
npm run devOpen http://localhost:3000 to start analyzing errors.
# Appwrite
APPWRITE_API_KEY=your_appwrite_api_key
NEXT_PUBLIC_APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID=your_project_id
NEXT_PUBLIC_APPWRITE_ENDPOINT=https://fra.cloud.appwrite.io/v1
NEXT_PUBLIC_APPWRITE_DATABASE_ID=your_database_id
NEXT_PUBLIC_APPWRITE_ERROR_SUBMISSIONS_COLLECTION_ID=your_collection_id- error-submissions –
clientId,errorMessage,language,explanation,causes,solutions,category,severity,isShared,shareId,sharedAt,exampleCode,isPrivate - daily-usage –
clientId,date,usageCount - solution-votes –
shareId,solutionIndex,voteType,userFingerprint
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature) - Commit changes (
git commit -m 'feat: add amazing feature') - Push to branch (
git push origin feature/amazing-feature) - Open Pull Request
Development Guidelines:
- Follow existing code patterns
- Test error scenarios thoroughly
- Maintain responsive design
- Keep commits focused and descriptive
Love ErrExplain? Help me keep building!
- 💚 $5 / month – Monthly Supporter → Recognition in GitHub README
- 🌟 $19 / month – Monthly Sponsor → README + Portfolio recognition
- 🚀 $49 / month – Featured Sponsor → README + Portfolio + promotion on Sync UI
ErrExplain is licensed under the MIT License. All rights reserved.
ErrExplain is created and maintained by Abhi Varde
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