Node.js V8 Inspector

Extension for launching V8 Inspector for Node.js debugging

What is Node.js V8 Inspector?

Node.js V8 Inspector is a Chrome extension that allows you to attach DevTools to running Node.js applications for debugging purposes. It requires Node v6.3.0 or higher. With this extension, you can launch the V8 Inspector and debug your Node.js application seamlessly. Simply run the application with the --inspect command line flag, open the node-v8-inspector extension in Chrome, verify the host and port settings, press the Launch V8 Inspector button, and start debugging your application. The source code for the extension is available on GitHub.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-06-29

By: Continuation Labs

Users: 2,000+

Rating: 3.78 (18)

Version: 0.12.0 (Last updated: 2017-02-07)

Creation date: 2017-02-07

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

http://*/
storage
notifications

Size: 40.55K

Email: co*****@continuation.io

URLs: Website

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Node.js V8 Inspector is a Chrome extension for attaching DevTools to running Node.js applications (requires Node v6.3.0). After installing this extension, debug your application using the following steps:

Run a Node.js application with the --inspect command line flag.
Open the node-v8-inspector extension in Chrome.
Verify that host and port match your application's host and debug port. The default value is 9229, the same default used by Node.js. The host defaults to localhost.
Press Launch V8 Inspector button.
Debug your application.
Profit (optional).

Source code at https://github.com/continuationlabs/node-v8-inspector

User reviews

Thanks for the extension! Very helpful for node.js developers!

Edward Diehl, 2017-06-17

I'm recently coming to understand that Node 6.x and 7.x use very different debuggers and some combination of the older debugger, chrome and devtools are such that things are largely broken if you try to use this with Node 6.x (LTS). I think that's why my experience with this was poor. I have not tried with Node 7.x though.