vscode-js-debug

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1963 stars · 367 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A DAP-based JavaScript debugger built by Microsoft that powers VS Code's built-in debugging for Node.js, Chrome, and Edge. It replaces the older vscode-chrome-debug and vscode-node-debug extensions with a unified, actively maintained debugger.

Use cases

• debug node.js applications in vs code
• debug javascript in chrome from the editor
• set breakpoints in typescript source maps
• debug jest or mocha tests
• attach debugger to a running node process
• debug react or angular apps in vs code

When to choose

• you need JavaScript/TypeScript debugging in VS Code
• you want source-map-aware debugging across Node and browsers
• you are building tooling on top of the Debug Adapter Protocol for JS

When to avoid

• you debug non-JavaScript languages like Python or C#
• you use an editor other than VS Code without DAP support
• you need the legacy chrome-debug extension's old behavior

Facets

plugin · maturity active

testing developer-tools developer-tools web-development browser cross-platform debugger debug-adapter-protocol vscode-extension javascript-debugging node-debugging chrome-devtools javascript nodejs

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