node-inspector vs devtool

node-inspector

Node.js debugger based on Blink Developer Tools (by node-inspector)

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devtool

[OBSOLETE] runs Node.js programs through Chromium DevTools (by Experience-Monks)

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node-inspector		devtool
	Project
2	Mentions	-
12,643	Stars	3,767
0.0%	Growth	-0.0%
0.0	Activity	0.0
about 6 years ago	Latest Commit	almost 6 years ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License	License	MIT License

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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

node-inspector

Posts with mentions or reviews of node-inspector. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-15.

Understanding and Preventing Memory Leaks in Node.js
2 projects | dev.to | 15 Sep 2023

node-inspector (GitHub | NPM) lets you connect to a running app by running the node-debug command. This command will load Node Inspector in your default browser. Node Inspector supports Heap Profiling and can be useful for debugging memory leak issues.
7 tips for a Node.js developer
5 projects | dev.to | 8 Feb 2021

Node-inspector lets you do some really cool things like live code changing, step debugging, scope injection and a bunch of other cool stuff. It’s bit involved to setup, so I’ll let you follow the instructions over at https://github.com/node-inspector/node-inspector

devtool

Posts with mentions or reviews of devtool. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning devtool yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing node-inspector and devtool you can also consider the following projects:

debug - A tiny JavaScript debugging utility modelled after Node.js core's debugging technique. Works in Node.js and web browsers

ndb - ndb is an improved debugging experience for Node.js, enabled by Chrome DevTools

llnode - An lldb plugin for Node.js and V8, which enables inspection of JavaScript states for insights into Node.js processes and their core dumps.

swagger-stats - API Observability. Trace API calls and Monitor API performance, health and usage statistics in Node.js Microservices.

Theseus - A pretty darn cool JavaScript debugger for Brackets

TraceGL - TraceGL MPL release

ironNode - Debug Node.js code with Chrome Developer Tools.

longjohn - Long stack traces for node.js inspired by https://github.com/tlrobinson/long-stack-traces