# auchenberg/chrome-devtools-app

Chrome DevTools packaged as an app via Electron

Repository: https://github.com/auchenberg/chrome-devtools-app
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chrome-devtools-app
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-03-29T02:25:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4307, "days_push": 1619, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1580, forks 91 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:06.849786+00:00)

## What it is
Chrome DevTools packaged as a standalone macOS desktop application using Electron, allowing developers to inspect and debug Chrome targets via remote debugging without opening the browser. The project is discontinued and superseded by inspect.dev.

## Use cases
- debug chrome tabs outside the browser
- inspect web pages with devtools in a standalone app
- connect to chrome remote debugging port
- use devtools as a separate desktop application

## When to choose
- you want a standalone devtools app on macOS and don't mind an unmaintained project
- you're studying how DevTools can be decoupled from Chrome

## When to avoid
- you need maintained, up-to-date tooling
- you need Windows or Linux support
- you want to debug Safari or iOS WebViews (use inspect.dev instead)

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, http-client
- domain: developer-tools, web-development
- platform: -
- tags: chrome-devtools, remote-debugging, discontinued, electron-app, debugging, macos, electron, desktop

## Member repositories
- auchenberg/chrome-devtools-app (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:06.849786+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:56:36.485792+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/auchenberg/chrome-devtools-app (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:06.849786+00:00, sha 301cfa457eb9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.