diff --git a/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/ContextImpl.java b/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/ContextImpl.java
index 8342546dc..724ad90ed 100644
--- a/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/ContextImpl.java
+++ b/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/ContextImpl.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  */
 package net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage;
 
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.UnaryOperator;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.placeholder.PlaceholderResolver;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@
  */
 class ContextImpl implements Context {
   private final boolean strict;
-  private final Appendable debugOutput;
+  private final Consumer<String> debugOutput;
   private final String originalMessage;
   private final MiniMessage miniMessage;
   private final PlaceholderResolver placeholderResolver;
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ class ContextImpl implements Context {
 
   ContextImpl(
     final boolean strict,
-    final Appendable debugOutput,
+    final Consumer<String> debugOutput,
     final String originalMessage,
     final MiniMessage miniMessage,
     final @NotNull PlaceholderResolver placeholderResolver,
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ class ContextImpl implements Context {
 
   static ContextImpl of(
     final boolean strict,
-    final Appendable debugOutput,
+    final Consumer<String> debugOutput,
     final String input,
     final MiniMessageImpl miniMessage,
     final PlaceholderResolver placeholderResolver,
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ public boolean strict() {
     return this.strict;
   }
 
-  public Appendable debugOutput() {
+  public Consumer<String> debugOutput() {
     return this.debugOutput;
   }
 
diff --git a/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/MiniMessage.java b/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/MiniMessage.java
index 55b158d5e..36fd32a52 100644
--- a/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/MiniMessage.java
+++ b/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/MiniMessage.java
@@ -181,11 +181,14 @@ interface Builder extends Buildable.Builder<MiniMessage> {
      *
      * <p>Debug output includes detailed information about the parsing process to help debug parser behavior.</p>
      *
+     * <p>The consumer will receive line fragments terminated by {@code LF}, not complete lines.
+     * This avoids string concatenation within debug output generation. If the consumer is {@code null}, no debug information will be generated.</p>
+     *
      * @param debugOutput if debug mode should be enabled
      * @return this builder
      * @since 4.10.0
      */
-    @NotNull Builder debug(final @Nullable Appendable debugOutput);
+    @NotNull Builder debug(final @Nullable Consumer<String> debugOutput);
 
     /**
      * If in lenient mode, MiniMessage will output helpful messages.
diff --git a/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/MiniMessageImpl.java b/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/MiniMessageImpl.java
index b9de28622..a1b29b91d 100644
--- a/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/MiniMessageImpl.java
+++ b/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/MiniMessageImpl.java
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ final class MiniMessageImpl implements MiniMessage {
   static final MiniMessage INSTANCE = new MiniMessageImpl(TransformationRegistry.standard(), PlaceholderResolver.empty(), false, null, DEFAULT_ERROR_CONSUMER, DEFAULT_COMPACTING_METHOD);
 
   private final boolean strict;
-  private final Appendable debugOutput;
+  private final @Nullable Consumer<String> debugOutput;
   private final Consumer<List<String>> parsingErrorMessageConsumer;
   private final UnaryOperator<Component> postProcessor;
   final MiniMessageParser parser;
 
-  MiniMessageImpl(final @NotNull TransformationRegistry registry, final @NotNull PlaceholderResolver placeholderResolver, final boolean strict, final Appendable debugOutput, final @NotNull Consumer<List<String>> parsingErrorMessageConsumer, final @NotNull UnaryOperator<Component> postProcessor) {
+  MiniMessageImpl(final @NotNull TransformationRegistry registry, final @NotNull PlaceholderResolver placeholderResolver, final boolean strict, final @Nullable Consumer<String> debugOutput, final @NotNull Consumer<List<String>> parsingErrorMessageConsumer, final @NotNull UnaryOperator<Component> postProcessor) {
     this.parser = new MiniMessageParser(registry, placeholderResolver);
     this.strict = strict;
     this.debugOutput = debugOutput;
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static final class BuilderImpl implements Builder {
     private TransformationRegistry registry = TransformationRegistry.standard();
     private PlaceholderResolver placeholderResolver = null;
     private boolean strict = false;
-    private Appendable debug = null;
+    private Consumer<String> debug = null;
     private Consumer<List<String>> parsingErrorMessageConsumer = DEFAULT_ERROR_CONSUMER;
     private UnaryOperator<Component> postProcessor = DEFAULT_COMPACTING_METHOD;
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static final class BuilderImpl implements Builder {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public @NotNull Builder debug(final @Nullable Appendable debugOutput) {
+    public @NotNull Builder debug(final @Nullable Consumer<String> debugOutput) {
       this.debug = debugOutput;
       return this;
     }
diff --git a/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/MiniMessageParser.java b/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/MiniMessageParser.java
index a3d0df669..4c3d6f8bf 100644
--- a/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/MiniMessageParser.java
+++ b/text-minimessage/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/MiniMessageParser.java
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
  */
 package net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
 import java.util.function.BiPredicate;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
@@ -120,45 +120,47 @@ private void processTokens(final @NotNull StringBuilder sb, final @NotNull Strin
 
   @NotNull Component parseFormat(final @NotNull String richMessage, final @NotNull ContextImpl context) {
     final PlaceholderResolver combinedResolver = PlaceholderResolver.combining(context.placeholderResolver(), this.placeholderResolver);
-    final Appendable debug = context.debugOutput();
+    final Consumer<String> debug = context.debugOutput();
     if (debug != null) {
-      try {
-        debug.append("Beginning parsing message ").append(richMessage).append('\n');
-      } catch (final IOException ignored) {
-      }
+      debug.accept("Beginning parsing message ");
+      debug.accept(richMessage);
+      debug.accept("\n");
     }
 
     final Function<TagNode, Transformation> transformationFactory;
     if (debug != null) {
       transformationFactory = node -> {
         try {
-          try {
-            debug.append("Attempting to match node '").append(node.name()).append("' at column ")
-            .append(String.valueOf(node.token().startIndex())).append('\n');
-          } catch (final IOException ignored) {
-          }
+          debug.accept("Attempting to match node '");
+          debug.accept(node.name());
+          debug.accept("' at column ");
+          debug.accept(String.valueOf(node.token().startIndex()));
+          debug.accept("\n");
 
           final Transformation transformation = this.registry.get(this.sanitizePlaceholderName(node.name()), node.parts(), combinedResolver, context);
 
-          try {
-            if (transformation == null) {
-              debug.append("Could not match node '").append(node.name()).append("'\n");
-            } else {
-              debug.append("Successfully matched node '").append(node.name()).append("' to transformation ")
-              .append(transformation.examinableName()).append('\n');
-            }
-          } catch (final IOException ignored) {
+          if (transformation == null) {
+            debug.accept("Could not match node '");
+            debug.accept(node.name());
+            debug.accept("'\n");
+          } else {
+            debug.accept("Successfully matched node '");
+            debug.accept(node.name());
+            debug.accept("' to transformation ");
+            debug.accept(transformation.examinableName());
+            debug.accept("\n");
           }
 
           return transformation;
         } catch (final ParsingException e) {
-          try {
-            if (e.tokens().length == 0) {
-              e.tokens(new Token[]{node.token()});
-            }
-            debug.append("Could not match node '").append(node.name()).append("' - ").append(e.getMessage()).append('\n');
-          } catch (final IOException ignored) {
+          if (e.tokens().length == 0) {
+            e.tokens(new Token[]{node.token()});
           }
+          debug.accept("Could not match node '");
+          debug.accept(node.name());
+          debug.accept("' - ");
+          debug.accept(e.getMessage());
+          debug.accept("\n");
           return null;
         }
       };
@@ -179,11 +181,8 @@ private void processTokens(final @NotNull StringBuilder sb, final @NotNull Strin
     final ElementNode root = TokenParser.parse(transformationFactory, tagNameChecker, combinedResolver, richMessage, context.strict());
 
     if (debug != null) {
-      try {
-        debug.append("Text parsed into element tree:\n");
-        debug.append(root.toString());
-      } catch (final IOException ignored) {
-      }
+      debug.accept("Text parsed into element tree:\n");
+      debug.accept(root.toString());
     }
 
     return Objects.requireNonNull(context.postProcessor().apply(this.treeToComponent(root, context)), "Post-processor must not return null");
@@ -225,12 +224,13 @@ private void processTokens(final @NotNull StringBuilder sb, final @NotNull Strin
       comp = this.handleModifying((Modifying) transformation, comp, 0);
     }
 
-    final Appendable debug = context.debugOutput();
+    final Consumer<String> debug = context.debugOutput();
     if (debug != null) {
-      try {
-        debug.append("==========\ntreeToComponent \n").append(node.toString()).append("\n").append(comp.examine(MultiLineStringExaminer.simpleEscaping()).collect(Collectors.joining("\n"))).append("\n==========\n");
-      } catch (final IOException ignored) {
-      }
+      debug.accept("==========\ntreeToComponent \n");
+      debug.accept(node.toString());
+      debug.accept("\n");
+      debug.accept(comp.examine(MultiLineStringExaminer.simpleEscaping()).collect(Collectors.joining("\n")));
+      debug.accept("\n==========\n");
     }
 
     return comp;
diff --git a/text-minimessage/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/MiniMessageTest.java b/text-minimessage/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/MiniMessageTest.java
index 5ea338b4b..17b6693f7 100644
--- a/text-minimessage/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/MiniMessageTest.java
+++ b/text-minimessage/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/MiniMessageTest.java
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ void debugModeSimple() {
     final String input = "<red> RED </red>";
 
     final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-    MiniMessage.builder().debug(sb).build().deserialize(input);
+    MiniMessage.builder().debug(sb::append).build().deserialize(input);
     final List<String> messages = Arrays.asList(sb.toString().split("\n"));
 
     assertTrue(messages.contains("Beginning parsing message <red> RED </red>"));
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ void debugModeMoreComplex() {
     final String input = "<red> RED <blue> BLUE <click> bad click </click>";
 
     final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-    MiniMessage.builder().debug(sb).build().deserialize(input);
+    MiniMessage.builder().debug(sb::append).build().deserialize(input);
     final List<String> messages = Arrays.asList(sb.toString().split("\n"));
 
     assertTrue(messages.contains("Beginning parsing message <red> RED <blue> BLUE <click> bad click </click>"));
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ void debugModeMoreComplexNoError() {
     final String input = "<red> RED <blue> BLUE <click:open_url:https://github.com> good click </click>";
 
     final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-    MiniMessage.builder().debug(sb).build().deserialize(input);
+    MiniMessage.builder().debug(sb::append).build().deserialize(input);
     final List<String> messages = Arrays.asList(sb.toString().split("\n"));
 
     assertTrue(messages.contains("Beginning parsing message <red> RED <blue> BLUE <click:open_url:https://github.com> good click </click>"));
diff --git a/text-minimessage/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/TestBase.java b/text-minimessage/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/TestBase.java
index 3b0762538..22a0e4b08 100644
--- a/text-minimessage/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/TestBase.java
+++ b/text-minimessage/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/minimessage/TestBase.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 public class TestBase {
 
-  final MiniMessage PARSER = MiniMessage.builder().debug(System.out).build();
+  final MiniMessage PARSER = MiniMessage.builder().debug(System.out::print).build();
 
   void assertParsedEquals(final @NotNull Component expected, final @NotNull String input) {
     this.assertParsedEquals(this.PARSER, expected, input);