# nuxt/devtools

Unleash Nuxt Developer Experience

Repository: https://github.com/nuxt/devtools
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/devtools
Homepage: https://devtools.nuxt.com
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: dx, nuxt, nuxt-module, nuxt-devtools
Last push: 2026-08-22T22:49:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1776, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": 11, "gap_med": 8.5, "n_releases_24m": 45}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3296, forks 212 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:55.537140+00:00)

## What it is
Nuxt DevTools is a visual developer tooling suite for the Nuxt framework, shipped as a built-in module that provides in-browser panels for inspecting pages, components, auto-imports, modules, assets, runtime config, and build analysis. It aims to improve the Nuxt developer experience with real-time insights, debugging, and one-click module management.

## Use cases
- inspect nuxt app components and their relationships
- debug nuxt routes and middleware
- view and edit runtime config of a nuxt project
- analyze nuxt build performance
- manage nuxt modules with one click
- browse auto-imported composables and utils
- find performance gaps in a nuxt app

## When to choose
- you develop Nuxt 3.8+ apps and want built-in visual debugging
- you need to understand component graphs, imports, and module usage in a Nuxt project
- you want real-time insights into app loading time and payloads

## When to avoid
- you are not using the Nuxt framework
- you need production monitoring rather than development-time tooling
- you require a stable release of the v4 alpha features

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, monitoring, tracing, ui-components
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: nuxt, vue, devtools, dx, vite, debugging, nuxt-module, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- nuxt/devtools (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:55.537140+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 2026-08-30T07:22:42.871742+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nuxt/devtools (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:55.537140+00:00, sha 0b8ec5556025)
  - homepage: https://devtools.nuxt.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:35:50.446402+00:00, sha f3d84d5f8963)
  - site_page: https://devtools.nuxt.com/guide/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T09:35:50.448845+00:00, sha 9202a5b1e200)
  - site_page: https://devtools.nuxt.com/guide/features (fetched 2026-08-29T09:35:50.450597+00:00, sha aae6c3103a40)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.