reactotron
A desktop app for inspecting your React JS and React Native projects. macOS, Linux, and Windows. (by infinitered)
flipper
A desktop debugging platform for mobile developers. (by facebook)
| reactotron | flipper | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 30 | |
| 15,249 | 13,367 | |
| 0.4% | - | |
| 8.5 | 9.7 | |
| 2 months ago | 7 months ago | |
| TypeScript | TypeScript | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
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.
reactotron
Posts with mentions or reviews of reactotron.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-12-30.
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React Native Debugger: Best Tools and How to Use Them
Usage: Install Reactotron via npm and follow the setup instructions on the Reactotron GitHub page. Use it to monitor API activity and validate state transitions.
- Fundamentals of React Native App Development: Dependencies, Performance, Native Modules, and Publishing Guide
- Debugging
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Reactotron Setup In React Native Redux Applications
Reactotron Official Site: https://github.com/infinitered/reactotron
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React Native Vs. Flutter: The Key Differences Every Mobile App Developer Should Know In 2021 [Guide For Beginners]
reactotron, — for inspecting and debugging your macOS, Windows, and Linux apps
flipper
Posts with mentions or reviews of flipper.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-09-10.
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Debugging in React Native Made Simple: Tools and Configuration Tips
For Windows and Linux, download it from the official Flipper website.
- Way or viewing network requests?
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Can anyone explain how to debug with Android Studio?
Definitely switch to VS Code! I personally don't use the built in VS Code debugger, but check out Flipper as another option. It's got a lot of great tools and plugins for debugging. The Layout Inspector will be what you are looking for if you want to inspect the styling specifically.
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what tools do you use to inspect your UI in react native? the built-in devtools are not very helpful as far as inspecting what is styling the components
I use Flipper with its Layout Inspector plugin
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What flipper version works ?
Also no folder show on sources filesystem (in Hermes Debugger) as described here: https://github.com/facebook/flipper/issues/4530
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Tools for Debugging in React-Native
Very useful and beautiful and simply , my suggestion is to use this Flipper
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Logcat is awful. What would you improve?
You may also want to look into custom Flipper plugins to instrument your app.
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React vs React Native: How Different Are They, Really?
Some development tools for the web are similar (Chrome debugger, mostly) to those for React Native, but other aspects are very different (working with the metro bundler, using Flipper, AsyncStorage debugging, more). Some techniques developers will use are the same (breakpoints and console logging), but others are different (knowing when to restart the packager vs reinstall the app on device).
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Are you ugly on purpose? (I was scrolling through Facebook and found this ad)
from the GitHub, and has existed under the name flipper since mid 2018
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How to specify pre-processor flags to the JSI-based React Native libraries
It's not possible to use a browser to debug a JSI app, use Flipper (for android Flipper also has SQLite Database explorer).
What are some alternatives?
When comparing reactotron and flipper you can also consider the following projects:
react-inspector - 🔍 Power of Browser DevTools inspectors right inside your React app
Proxyman - Modern. Native. Delightful Web Debugging Proxy for macOS, iOS, and Android ⚡️
react-json-inspector - React JSON inspector component
chucker - 🔎 An HTTP inspector for Android & OkHTTP (like Charles but on device)
expo - An open-source framework for making universal native apps with React. Expo runs on Android, iOS, and the web.
appium - Cross-platform automation framework for all kinds of apps, built on top of the W3C WebDriver protocol