# Experience-Monks/devtool

[OBSOLETE] runs Node.js programs through Chromium DevTools

Repository: https://github.com/Experience-Monks/devtool
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/devtool
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2018-05-27T22:15:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3879, "days_push": 3020, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3745, forks 148 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:16.078844+00:00)

## What it is
A CLI tool that runs Node.js programs inside Chrome DevTools via Electron, enabling profiling, debugging, and development with DevTools features. It is now obsolete since this functionality has been integrated into Node.js core.

## Use cases
- debug node.js apps with chrome devtools
- profile node.js programs in devtools
- set breakpoints in a node http server
- live-reload node scripts while developing
- open a devtools-based REPL for node

## When to choose
- you are on a legacy Node.js version without built-in --inspect support and need DevTools debugging

## When to avoid
- you use any modern Node.js version, which has native --inspect DevTools integration
- you need a maintained or cross-platform-tested tool
- you need production-grade stability

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: chrome-devtools, nodejs-debugging, obsolete, electron, debugging, command-line, macos, nodejs

## Member repositories
- Experience-Monks/devtool (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:16.078844+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 2026-08-29T18:29:03.656501+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Experience-Monks/devtool (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:16.078844+00:00, sha cb321994c1bc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.