diff --git a/src/BUILD b/src/BUILD
index e92a614..748b945 100644
--- a/src/BUILD
+++ b/src/BUILD
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ pybind_library(
         "common.pybind.h",
         "utils.pybind.h",
         "simplex.pybind.h",
+        "visualization.pybind.h",
         "tesseract.pybind.h",
     ],
     deps = [
@@ -113,6 +114,19 @@ cc_library(
     ],
 )
 
+cc_library(
+    name = "libviz",
+    srcs = ["visualization.cc"],
+    hdrs = ["visualization.h"],
+    copts = OPT_COPTS,
+    linkopts = OPT_LINKOPTS,
+    deps = [
+        ":libutils",
+        "@boost//:dynamic_bitset",
+    ],
+
+)
+
 cc_library(
     name = "libtesseract",
     srcs = ["tesseract.cc"],
@@ -121,6 +135,7 @@ cc_library(
     linkopts = OPT_LINKOPTS,
     deps = [
         ":libutils",
+        ":libviz",
         "@boost//:dynamic_bitset",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/src/common.cc b/src/common.cc
index da97a41..f0d4ed7 100644
--- a/src/common.cc
+++ b/src/common.cc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #include "common.h"
 
-std::string common::Symptom::str() {
+std::string common::Symptom::str() const {
   std::string s = "Symptom{";
   for (size_t d : detectors) {
     s += "D" + std::to_string(d);
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ common::Error::Error(const stim::DemInstruction& error) {
   symptom.observables = observables;
 }
 
-std::string common::Error::str() {
+std::string common::Error::str() const {
   return "Error{cost=" + std::to_string(likelihood_cost) + ", symptom=" + symptom.str() + "}";
 }
 
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index 67536a1..e2789d7 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct Symptom {
   bool operator==(const Symptom& other) const {
     return detectors == other.detectors && observables == other.observables;
   }
-  std::string str();
+  std::string str() const;
 };
 
 // Represents an error / weighted hyperedge
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ struct Error {
   Error(double likelihood_cost, std::vector<int>& detectors, std::vector<int> observables)
       : likelihood_cost(likelihood_cost), symptom{detectors, observables} {}
   Error(const stim::DemInstruction& error);
-  std::string str();
+  std::string str() const;
 
   // Get/calculate the probability from the likelihood cost.
   double get_probability() const;
diff --git a/src/py/tesseract_test.py b/src/py/tesseract_test.py
index 2fe6915..b947870 100644
--- a/src/py/tesseract_test.py
+++ b/src/py/tesseract_test.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 def test_create_config():
     assert (
         str(tesseract_decoder.tesseract.TesseractConfig(_DETECTOR_ERROR_MODEL))
-        == "TesseractConfig(dem=DetectorErrorModel_Object, det_beam=65535, no_revisit_dets=0, at_most_two_errors_per_detector=0, verbose=0, pqlimit=18446744073709551615, det_orders=[], det_penalty=0)"
+        == "TesseractConfig(dem=DetectorErrorModel_Object, det_beam=65535, no_revisit_dets=0, at_most_two_errors_per_detector=0, verbose=0, pqlimit=18446744073709551615, det_orders=[], det_penalty=0, create_visualization=0)"
     )
     assert (
         tesseract_decoder.tesseract.TesseractConfig(_DETECTOR_ERROR_MODEL).dem
diff --git a/src/tesseract.cc b/src/tesseract.cc
index b90ef62..73ba422 100644
--- a/src/tesseract.cc
+++ b/src/tesseract.cc
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ std::string TesseractConfig::str() {
   ss << "verbose=" << config.verbose << ", ";
   ss << "pqlimit=" << config.pqlimit << ", ";
   ss << "det_orders=" << config.det_orders << ", ";
-  ss << "det_penalty=" << config.det_penalty << ")";
+  ss << "det_penalty=" << config.det_penalty << ", ";
+  ss << "create_visualization=" << config.create_visualization;
+  ss << ")";
   return ss.str();
 }
 
@@ -124,6 +126,11 @@ TesseractDecoder::TesseractDecoder(TesseractConfig config_) : config(config_) {
   num_errors = config.dem.count_errors();
   num_observables = config.dem.count_observables();
   initialize_structures(config.dem.count_detectors());
+  if (config.create_visualization) {
+    auto detectors = get_detector_coords(config.dem);
+    visualizer.add_detector_coords(detectors);
+    visualizer.add_errors(errors);
+  }
 }
 
 void TesseractDecoder::initialize_structures(size_t num_detectors) {
@@ -294,6 +301,10 @@ void TesseractDecoder::decode_to_errors(const std::vector<uint64_t>& detections,
     flip_detectors_and_block_errors(detector_order, node.errors, detectors, detector_cost_tuples);
 
     if (node.num_detectors == 0) {
+      if (config.create_visualization) {
+        visualizer.add_activated_errors(node.errors);
+        visualizer.add_activated_detectors(detectors, num_detectors);
+      }
       if (config.verbose) {
         std::cout << "activated_errors = ";
         for (size_t oei : node.errors) {
@@ -318,6 +329,10 @@ void TesseractDecoder::decode_to_errors(const std::vector<uint64_t>& detections,
     if (config.no_revisit_dets && !visited_detectors[node.num_detectors].insert(detectors).second)
       continue;
 
+    if (config.create_visualization) {
+      visualizer.add_activated_errors(node.errors);
+      visualizer.add_activated_detectors(detectors, num_detectors);
+    }
     if (config.verbose) {
       std::cout.precision(13);
       std::cout << "len(pq) = " << pq.size() << " num_pq_pushed = " << num_pq_pushed << std::endl;
diff --git a/src/tesseract.h b/src/tesseract.h
index 9ca8c54..88a7d92 100644
--- a/src/tesseract.h
+++ b/src/tesseract.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "common.h"
 #include "stim.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "visualization.h"
 
 constexpr size_t INF_DET_BEAM = std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max();
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ struct TesseractConfig {
   size_t pqlimit = std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max();
   std::vector<std::vector<size_t>> det_orders;
   double det_penalty = 0;
+  bool create_visualization = false;
 
   std::string str();
 };
@@ -64,6 +66,8 @@ struct ErrorCost {
 
 struct TesseractDecoder {
   TesseractConfig config;
+  Visualizer visualizer;
+
   explicit TesseractDecoder(TesseractConfig config);
 
   // Clears the predicted_errors_buffer and fills it with the decoded errors for
diff --git a/src/tesseract.pybind.cc b/src/tesseract.pybind.cc
index b133285..6342d6e 100644
--- a/src/tesseract.pybind.cc
+++ b/src/tesseract.pybind.cc
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "pybind11/detail/common.h"
 #include "simplex.pybind.h"
 #include "utils.pybind.h"
+#include "visualization.pybind.h"
 
 PYBIND11_MODULE(tesseract_decoder, tesseract) {
   py::module::import("stim");
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(tesseract_decoder, tesseract) {
   add_utils_module(tesseract);
   add_simplex_module(tesseract);
   add_tesseract_module(tesseract);
+  add_visualization_module(tesseract);
 
   // Adds a context manager to the python library that can be used to redirect C++'s stdout/stderr
   // to python's stdout/stderr at run time like
diff --git a/src/tesseract.pybind.h b/src/tesseract.pybind.h
index b9be989..bcd35c5 100644
--- a/src/tesseract.pybind.h
+++ b/src/tesseract.pybind.h
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ TesseractConfig tesseract_config_maker(
     bool no_revisit_dets = false, bool at_most_two_errors_per_detector = false,
     bool verbose = false, size_t pqlimit = std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max(),
     std::vector<std::vector<size_t>> det_orders = std::vector<std::vector<size_t>>(),
-    double det_penalty = 0.0) {
+    double det_penalty = 0.0, bool create_visualization = false) {
   stim::DetectorErrorModel input_dem = parse_py_object<stim::DetectorErrorModel>(dem);
   return TesseractConfig({input_dem, det_beam, beam_climbing, no_revisit_dets,
                           at_most_two_errors_per_detector, verbose, pqlimit, det_orders,
-                          det_penalty});
+                          det_penalty, create_visualization});
 }
 };  // namespace
 void add_tesseract_module(py::module& root) {
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ void add_tesseract_module(py::module& root) {
            py::arg("at_most_two_errors_per_detector") = false, py::arg("verbose") = false,
            py::arg("pqlimit") = std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max(),
            py::arg("det_orders") = std::vector<std::vector<size_t>>(), py::arg("det_penalty") = 0.0,
+           py::arg("create_visualization") = false,
            R"pbdoc(
             The constructor for the `TesseractConfig` class.
 
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ void add_tesseract_module(py::module& root) {
                 will generate its own orderings.
             det_penalty : float, default=0.0
                 A penalty value added to the cost of each detector visited.
+            create_visualization: bool, defualt=False
+                Whether to record the information needed to create a visualization or not.
            )pbdoc")
       .def_property("dem", &dem_getter<TesseractConfig>, &dem_setter<TesseractConfig>,
                     "The `stim.DetectorErrorModel` that defines the error channels and detectors.")
@@ -106,6 +109,8 @@ void add_tesseract_module(py::module& root) {
                      "A list of pre-specified detector orderings.")
       .def_readwrite("det_penalty", &TesseractConfig::det_penalty,
                      "The penalty cost added for each detector.")
+      .def_readwrite("create_visualization", &TesseractConfig::create_visualization,
+                     "If True, records necessary information to create visualization.")
       .def("__str__", &TesseractConfig::str)
       .def("compile_decoder", &_compile_tesseract_decoder_helper,
            py::return_value_policy::take_ownership,
@@ -374,7 +379,10 @@ void add_tesseract_module(py::module& root) {
       .def_readwrite("errors", &TesseractDecoder::errors,
                      "The list of all errors in the detector error model.")
       .def_readwrite("num_observables", &TesseractDecoder::num_observables,
-                     "The total number of logical observables in the detector error model.");
+                     "The total number of logical observables in the detector error model.")
+      .def_readonly("visualizer", &TesseractDecoder::visualizer,
+                    "An object that can (if config.create_visualization=True) be used to generate "
+                    "visualization of the algorithm");
 }
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
diff --git a/src/visualization.cc b/src/visualization.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59943f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/visualization.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+
+#include "visualization.h"
+
+void Visualizer::add_errors(const std::vector<common::Error>& errors) {
+  for (auto& error : errors) {
+    lines.push_back(error.str());
+  }
+}
+void Visualizer::add_detector_coords(const std::vector<std::vector<double>>& detector_coords) {
+  for (size_t d = 0; d < detector_coords.size(); ++d) {
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss << "Detector D" << d << " coordinate (";
+    size_t e = std::min(3ul, detector_coords[d].size());
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < e; ++i) {
+      ss << detector_coords[d][i];
+      if (i + 1 < e) ss << ", ";
+    }
+    ss << ")";
+    lines.push_back(ss.str());
+  }
+}
+
+void Visualizer::add_activated_errors(const std::vector<size_t>& activated_errors) {
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  ss << "activated_errors = ";
+  for (size_t oei : activated_errors) {
+    ss << oei << ", ";
+  }
+  lines.push_back(ss.str());
+}
+
+void Visualizer::add_activated_detectors(const boost::dynamic_bitset<>& detectors,
+                                         size_t num_detectors) {
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  ss << "activated_detectors = ";
+  for (size_t d = 0; d < num_detectors; ++d) {
+    if (detectors[d]) {
+      ss << d << ", ";
+    }
+  }
+  lines.push_back(ss.str());
+}
+
+void Visualizer::write(const char* fpath) {
+  FILE* fout = fopen(fpath, "w");
+
+  for (std::string& line : lines) {
+    fprintf(fout, line.c_str());
+    fputs("\n", fout);
+  }
+
+  fclose(fout);
+}
diff --git a/src/visualization.h b/src/visualization.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bda88bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/visualization.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#ifndef _VISUALIZATION_H
+#define _VISUALIZATION_H
+
+#include <boost/dynamic_bitset.hpp>
+#include <list>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+struct Visualizer {
+  void add_detector_coords(const std::vector<std::vector<double>> &);
+  void add_errors(const std::vector<common::Error> &);
+  void add_activated_errors(const std::vector<size_t> &);
+  void add_activated_detectors(const boost::dynamic_bitset<> &, size_t);
+
+  void write(const char *fpath);
+
+ private:
+  std::list<std::string> lines;
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/visualization.pybind.h b/src/visualization.pybind.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..820bf86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/visualization.pybind.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include <pybind11/iostream.h>
+#include <pybind11/numpy.h>
+#include <pybind11/operators.h>
+#include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
+#include <pybind11/stl.h>
+
+#include "visualization.h"
+
+namespace py = pybind11;
+
+void add_visualization_module(py::module& root) {
+  auto m = root.def_submodule("viz", "Module containing the visualization tools");
+  py::class_<Visualizer>(m, "Visualizer")
+      .def(py::init<>())
+      .def("write", &Visualizer::write, py::arg("fpath"));
+}