VisBug

VisBug

Open source browser design tools

What is VisBug?
VisBug is a pioneering Chrome extension that provides a set of open-source design tools. It allows you to interact with web pages like an artboard, editing texts, images, layouts, and styles. It also equips you to inspect aspects such as spacing, alignment and more. A brilliant platform that empowers designers and content creators, VisBug brings design tool interactions and hotkeys, typically found in software like Adobe and Sketch, right into your browser.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 100,000+
Rating: 4.84 (224)
Version: 0.4.1 (Last updated: 2024-04-18)
Creation date: 2020-06-26
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
  • scripting
  • storage
Size: 5.64M
URLs: Website
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VisBug (v0.4.2)
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Summary

Open source web design debug tools built with JavaScript: a FireBug for designers.

  • Point, click, move, resize & tinker
  • Edit or style any page, in any state, like it's an artboard
  • Inspect styles, spacing, distance, accessibility and alignment
  • Nitpick layouts & content, in the real end environment, at any device size
  • Leverage adobe/sketch skills
  • Edit text, replace images
  • Design within the chaos: use production or prototypes and the odd states they produce, as artboards and design opportunities
  • Design while DevTools simulates latency, i18n, media queries, platform constraints, CPUs, screensize, etc
  • Make more decisions on the front end of your site/app (a11y, responsive, edge cases, etc)
  • No waiting for developers to expose their legos, just go direct and edit the end state (regardless of framework) and execute/test an idea

Give power to designers & content creators, in a place where they currently feel they have little to none, by bringing design tool interactions and hotkeys to the browser

User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Intuitive and easy to use
  • Useful for UI designers and web developers
  • Incredible functionality
Cons
  • Lacks some features
  • Does not save changes locally
  • Limited onboarding and training
Most mentioned
  • Nice
  • Amazing
  • Intuitive
  • Useful
  • Save changes
Recent reviews
Very useful and easy to use to test some design modifications without touching the code.

Very good plugin for front devs.
by Innominatus Innominatus, 2020-09-24

by Franco Godoy Franco Godoy, 2024-03-27
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Safety
Risk impact

VisBug is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

VisBug has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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