# electron/devtron

An Electron DevTools Extension

Repository: https://github.com/electron/devtron
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/electron-devtron
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: electron, devtools
Last push: 2026-08-19T23:30:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 45, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3855, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 288, "gap_med": 37.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1779, forks 110 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:35.257391+00:00)

## What it is
Devtron is a DevTools extension for Electron apps that adds Electron-specific debugging panels to Chrome DevTools. It is installed programmatically in the app's main process, typically in development mode only.

## Use cases
- debug electron app ipc and events in devtools
- inspect electron app internals from chrome devtools
- add developer tools to my electron app
- electron devtools extension for debugging
- profile electron renderer and main process

## When to choose
- you are developing an Electron app and want Electron-aware DevTools panels
- you want a dev-only debugging tool that can be excluded from production builds

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose Chrome extension outside Electron
- you need production monitoring or telemetry rather than local debugging

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, monitoring, logging
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications, frontend
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: electron, devtools, chrome-devtools-extension, debugging, nodejs

## Member repositories
- electron/devtron (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:35.257391+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 2026-08-30T03:24:38.823863+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/electron/devtron (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:35.257391+00:00, sha bba8ccf5f8fa)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/devtron (fetched 2026-08-29T11:03:28.999083+00:00, sha e299c795562a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.