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 by Continuation Labs. This extension has 2,000 weekly active users, an average user rating of 3.78, and was removed from Chrome Web Store 9 months ago. The latest version, 0.12.0, was updated 6 years ago.

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

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By: Continuation Labs

Users: 2,000

Rating: 3.78 (18)

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

Creation date: 2017-02-07

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

http://*/
storage
notifications

Size: 40.55K

Email: Click to see

URLs: Website

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

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Summary

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:

1. Run a Node.js application with the --inspect command line flag.
2. Open the node-v8-inspector extension in Chrome.
3. 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.
4. Press Launch V8 Inspector button.
5. Debug your application.
6. Profit (optional).

Source code at

https://github.com/continuationlabs/node-v8-inspector

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Safety

Risk impact

Node.js V8 Inspector requires some risky permissions and may not be safe to use. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypass your security settings, and access your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Risk likelihood

Node.js V8 Inspector may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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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.