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I built a CLI tool that explains any error in plain English — just pipe it

A developer built errxplain, a CLI tool that explains any error in plain English by piping error output into it. The tool uses a large language model to describe what went wrong, why, and how to fix it, and is free to use with a Groq API key.

read1 min publishedJun 14, 2026

Tired of googling cryptic stack traces, I built errxplain.

Just pipe any error into it:

npm run build 2>&1 | errxplain
python app.py 2>&1 | errxplain
cargo build 2>&1 | errxplain

It uses an LLM to tell you what went wrong, why, and how to fix it.

Free to use (needs a free Groq API key).

GitHub: https://github.com/EliaGambalunga/Errxplain

Would love feedback!

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