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ChromeDevTools
devtools-frontend
TypeScript2018–2025
ChromeDevTools / devtools-frontend

devtools-frontend

The Chrome DevTools UI

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12Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
4.1KGitHub stars
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What it is

The Chrome DevTools UI

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Where it is used

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 6:01:08 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year12 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2018-05-25 18:40:38 UTC to 2025-08-21 08:04:06 UTC.

01232018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20182019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2025

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202

What Hacker News says

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The GitHub mirror of the Chrome DevTools repo has the node_modules folder here: https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/devtools-frontend/blob/mai... But there is nuance (there always is...), the README file in node_modules is here: https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/devtools-frontend/blob/mai... - and it makes it clear the only NPM dependencies used by the build-system or infrastructure is meant to be checked-in. Other NPM packages should not. ---------- In conclusion: the linked blog-article is clickbait that misrepresents how the Chrome team manages their dependencies.
In We check our node_modules folder into source control
2 known issues: - DevTools doesn't display the viewport. I'm not sure if this is due to a change in the latest Chrome to which I just updated (~90) or because I broke my serving of it by updating it. A workaround will be serving a static snapshot of the devtools front-end rather than just (simply, as I'm doing right now) pulling it out of Chrome's RDP endpoint each time. This may take some time to do. - DevTools doesn't seem to work on iOS (as I've tested it, Safari or Chrome). - There are many more issues, and a lot, but not all, of them are edge cases but they'll be fixed eventually. More bug reports, UI/UX tips and advice, and other feedback are very welcome! Unfortunately the whole app is not open source but some parts are open source, namely, the virtualized browser[0], and the devtools-front-end[1]. [0]: https://github.com/i5ik/View
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In Show HN: Puppeteer scripts in the Browser, DevTools on remote pages

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