# vuejs/devtools-v6

⚙️ Browser devtools extension for debugging Vue.js applications.

Repository: https://github.com/vuejs/devtools-v6
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/devtools-v6
Homepage: https://devtools-v6.vuejs.org/
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-09-11T14:49:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4356, "days_push": 721, "days_rel": 723, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 24699, forks 4127 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:37.610842+00:00)

## What it is
Vue Devtools is a browser extension (Chrome, Firefox, Edge) plus a standalone Electron app for inspecting and debugging Vue.js applications. It lets developers examine component trees, state, and events in Vue 2 and Vue 3 apps.

## Use cases
- inspect Vue component state in the browser
- debug Vue 2 and Vue 3 applications
- view component tree of a Vue app
- debug Vue apps in Electron with standalone devtools
- track Vuex/Pinia state changes while developing

## When to choose
- you develop Vue.js apps and need component/state inspection
- you want the battle-tested v6 devtools for Vue 2 or Vue 3
- you need a standalone devtools for Electron or unsupported browsers

## When to avoid
- you are starting fresh - the successor vuejs/devtools-next is the actively developed version
- you do not use Vue.js
- you need server-side debugging rather than browser-based inspection

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, browser-extension
- domain: frontend, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: browser, browser-extension, cross-platform
- tags: vue, vuejs, devtools, debugging, chrome-extension, firefox-extension, state-inspection, electron

## Member repositories
- vuejs/devtools-v6 (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:37.610842+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 2026-08-29T16:56:10.251833+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vuejs/devtools-v6 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:37.610842+00:00, sha e0fd0c002f77)
  - homepage: https://devtools-v6.vuejs.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T07:53:35.425375+00:00, sha 1bafabd78b94)
  - site_page: https://devtools-v6.vuejs.org/guide/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T07:53:35.434702+00:00, sha 70aded36bc3b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.