# zthxxx/react-dev-inspector

jump to local IDE code directly from browser React component by just a simple click

Repository: https://github.com/zthxxx/react-dev-inspector
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-dev-inspector
Homepage: https://react-dev-inspector.zthxxx.me
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react, fiber, inspector, dev, react-inspector
Last push: 2026-04-20T08:28:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 78, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2176, "days_push": 135, "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 1318, forks 78 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:21.107753+00:00)

## What it is
react-dev-inspector is a React library that lets developers click a component in the browser to jump directly to its source code in their local IDE. It combines a compiler plugin, an <Inspector/> component, and a dev-server middleware to bridge browser inspection and editor navigation.

## Use cases
- jump from a React component in the browser to its source code in VS Code
- find where a page or component is implemented in an unfamiliar codebase
- click an element on a page to open the file in WebStorm or Neovim
- integrate click-to-source navigation into a Vite or Next.js dev server
- explore an open-source React project without hunting through file paths

## When to choose
- you develop React apps with Vite, Next.js, Webpack, Rspack, or UmiJS and want click-to-source navigation
- you frequently need to locate component code in large or unfamiliar React codebases
- you want a Chrome-DevTools-like inspector that opens files in your local editor

## When to avoid
- your project is not built with React
- you need production-time inspection without any dev-server or middleware setup
- you cannot run a local dev server or editor launcher (e.g., purely static hosting without tooling)

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, middleware, plugin-system, ui-components
- domain: frontend, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: react, devtools, code-navigation, inspector, vite-plugin, webpack-plugin, launch-editor, react-fiber, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- zthxxx/react-dev-inspector (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:21.107753+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 2026-08-30T04:48:10.950932+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zthxxx/react-dev-inspector (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:21.107753+00:00, sha 365af932be10)
  - homepage: https://react-dev-inspector.zthxxx.me (fetched 2026-08-29T12:07:04.025372+00:00, sha a079845f14ea)
  - site_page: https://react-dev-inspector.zthxxx.me/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T12:07:04.034636+00:00, sha d1d80fc99599)
  - site_page: https://react-dev-inspector.zthxxx.me/docs/integration/vite (fetched 2026-08-29T12:07:04.038062+00:00, sha 8794dc42a61f)
  - site_page: https://react-dev-inspector.zthxxx.me/docs/integration/nextjs (fetched 2026-08-29T12:07:04.040709+00:00, sha 6cad0c1bbadd)
  - site_page: https://react-dev-inspector.zthxxx.me/docs/integration/webpack (fetched 2026-08-29T12:07:04.043151+00:00, sha 5b1e65750668)
  - site_page: https://react-dev-inspector.zthxxx.me/docs/integration/rspack (fetched 2026-08-29T12:07:04.045260+00:00, sha db11f84d6879)
  - site_page: https://react-dev-inspector.zthxxx.me/docs/integration/umijs (fetched 2026-08-29T12:07:04.047165+00:00, sha bd28f28f1c21)
  - site_page: https://react-dev-inspector.zthxxx.me/docs/editor-settings (fetched 2026-08-29T12:07:04.051287+00:00, sha 92b06c866c8a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.