Rust's error handling ecosystem is renowned for its safety and explicit control. For years, the standard recommendation has been straightforward: use thiserror to define domain-specific library errors and anyhow for convenient, application-level error bubbling.
While anyhow works brilliantly for backend services and simple scripts, tools that process code or user input—such as CLI utilities, linters, and compilers—demand a richer user experience.
Enter miette, a crate designed to elevate Rust error reporting from basic text traces into beautiful, actionable diagnostics.