# vuejs/devtools

⚙️ Devtools for debugging Vue.js applications.

Repository: https://github.com/vuejs/devtools
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vuejs-devtools
Homepage: https://devtools.vuejs.org/
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-26T20:20:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 95, longevity 78
- inputs: {"age_days": 1097, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 39, "gap_med": 6, "n_releases_24m": 50}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2894, forks 270 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:28.555696+00:00)

## What it is
Vue DevTools is the official debugging and inspection tool for Vue.js applications, available as a Vite plugin, browser extension, or standalone app. It provides component tree inspection, live state editing, time travel debugging, and integrations with Vue Router and Pinia.

## Use cases
- inspect Vue component tree and state
- debug Vue app state changes with time travel
- edit component props and state live
- view and navigate Vue Router routes
- inspect Pinia stores and edit their state
- profile Vue app rendering performance
- find which component renders a DOM element

## When to choose
- you develop Vue.js applications and need component/state inspection
- you want Pinia and Vue Router integration in your devtools
- you use Vite and want deep integration like inspect and asset browsing
- you need a plugin API to surface your library's data in devtools

## When to avoid
- you work with React, Angular, or Svelte rather than Vue
- you need production monitoring or error tracking rather than local development tooling
- you use the legacy Vue 2 workflow without support for the v7 tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, monitoring, state-management
- domain: frontend, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: browser-extension, cross-platform
- tags: vue, vue-devtools, vite-plugin, debugging, pinia, vue-router, time-travel-debugging, nodejs

## Member repositories
- vuejs/devtools (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:28.555696+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 2026-08-30T07:35:18.385419+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vuejs/devtools (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:28.555696+00:00, sha ed8f39c12e52)
  - homepage: https://devtools.vuejs.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:50:39.410952+00:00, sha 2b8aee48f544)
  - site_page: https://devtools.vuejs.org/getting-started/introduction (fetched 2026-08-29T09:50:39.421602+00:00, sha 79cebdb9214b)
  - site_page: https://devtools.vuejs.org/getting-started/features (fetched 2026-08-29T09:50:39.424849+00:00, sha 2fde6aa756d5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.