toast.log, a browser extension to see JS errors right on your page (without opening the console)

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👋 Hi Devs!

6 months ago I had an idea to make a browser extension to see the console logs like toasts (temporary pop-up notifications).

So I made a proof of concept, posted on Twitter, and BOOM! It had over 1,100 likes and 160 pre-orders! People liked it a lot, so I made it :)

🚀 Since then, it has grown to 1000+ professional web developers users worldwide and received lots of improvements and new features - while still being easy and fun to use :)

🍞 toast.log is a browser extension that listens to your console and displays logs, warnings, errors, SEO issues, and network requests in a toast notification format - so you don't need to open your console.

✨ toast.log is especially useful for:

Discovering bugs you didn't know existed;
Saving your time;
Having more space on your screen when debugging your console;
Having some fun seeing the logs of the websites you're browsing.

🔍 What kind of error does it get:
Javascript errors, Network requests errors (POST, GET, etc), DOM errors (broken images or resources), console.log, console.info, console.warn, console.error, and SEO issues.

🌟 What's new on toast.log 2.0:

SEO issues
Network Requests
Expandable arrays/objects/JSON
Customizable interface
Search through logs
404 Errors
Mouse Events
Tooltips
Console.info
Gets console logs that happen at the very beginning of the page loading
Major bugfixes (it's much more stable now)
Other Improvements

👉 Check all the 2.0 features on the website's new video.

💖 This is a free update for previous 1.0 customers. If you already had it, the extension will update itself automatically.

💰 toast.log is a paid extension. Along with CSS Scan and CSS Scan Pro, this is my full-time work, so you'll always receive updates! 🙌

🙏 I’m excited to share it with you and genuinely interested in hearing what you think about it.

💌 Thanks to everyone that already bought it and supported my work!
If you have any ideas or suggestions, I'm all ears.

Latest comments (29)

Mohamed Nainar • Jan 19 '21

Beautiful ❤️

Eric B • Jan 19 '21

have been doing open source for approaching 40 years. have received a total of $105 directly in that time.

James Hubert • Jan 2 '21

Love the idea. I have a 2015 MacBook Air with an 11 inch screen so opening the dev tools can really impact visibility for me.
Keep working on it and get the bugs! I’ll gladly buy it once you work out the kinks the other users (particularly Jason Witt’s comment) mention.

q2apro • Dec 30 '20 • Edited

From a reader: I did several medium-sized open-source projects, within 13 years I got about 200 USD in donations. And I am certain I reached more than a million users.

Jason Witt • Dec 30 '20

I just purchased this to try it out.

The concept is pretty neat, but it's buggy. While testing it out I found that the toasts only showed up about half the time. Especially for the console object methods.

Good concept, but not commercially ready yet IMHO.