React Developer Tools

Name: React Developer Tools
Rating: 3.9586725109580465 (1597 reviews)
Author: Meta

By: Meta

Adds React debugging tools to the Chrome Developer Tools. Created from revision 5d87cd2244 on 7/4/2025.

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React Developer Tools is a powerful Chrome extension designed to enhance your React development experience. It integrates seamlessly into Chrome Developer Tools, adding two new tabs: "Components ⚛" and "Profiler ⚛". The Components tab lets you explore the root React components and their subcomponents, while enabling you to inspect and edit their current props and state directly within the panel. Additionally, selecting elements on the page automatically highlights them in the React tree, making navigation intuitive.

The Profiler tab allows developers to record and analyze performance data to optimize React applications effectively. This extension is fully open source, respects user privacy as it does not transmit data remotely, and requires permission solely to access the page's React component tree. It is an essential tool for React developers aiming to debug, profile, and improve their applications efficiently.

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React Developer Tools (v6.1.5 (7/4/2025))

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User reviews

React Developer Tools is widely appreciated by developers for its useful features such as component inspection and profiling that aid in debugging React applications. However, users frequently report issues including the profiler malfunctioning, the extension disappearing from Chrome DevTools, and concerns over its request for copy & paste permissions. Some also encounter performance problems or crashes during use. Despite these drawbacks, it remains a popular and valuable tool in the React developer community.

Pros

Very useful and helpful for debugging React applications
Includes profiler and components inspection features
Well-regarded tool among developers
Provides detailed information about React components and re-renders
Helps improve developer productivity and understanding of React code

Cons

Profiler feature is glitchy and sometimes stops working after first launch
Extension sometimes disappears from Chrome DevTools after certain actions or updates
Requires copy & paste permission, raising privacy and security concerns among users
Incompatibility issues with some browser updates causing the tool not to show up
Some users report browser crashes or performance issues when debugging

Recent reviews

excellent

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This is going to be amazing! Thank you.

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great and excellent

Ma*****, 2025-06-11

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React Developer Tools requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

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React Developer Tools has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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