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Alternatives to React Developer Tools
23 browser extensions tools sit alongside React Developer Tools in this directory. Below is what separates each from React Developer Tools on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 23
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- React Developer Tools starts at
- Free
Why people look past React Developer Tools
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the React Developer Tools entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
React Developer Tools publishes a single plan, Free at Free. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
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- Starts $4.99 a month dearer, at $4.99/month.
- 2 tiers to React Developer Tools's 1.
Dark mode for every website
Priced and rated the same as React Developer Tools on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Automatically learn to block invisible trackers
Priced and rated the same as React Developer Tools on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
All-in-one bookmark manager
- Starts $38 a year dearer, at $38/year.
- 2 tiers to React Developer Tools's 1.
Open-source userscript manager for Safari on Mac and iOS
- Sold on a open-source model rather than free.
Safari userscript manager that runs Tampermonkey scripts
- Starts $5 a one-time dearer, at $5/one-time.
- Sold on a one-time model rather than free.
- 2 tiers to React Developer Tools's 1.
Every React Developer Tools alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the React Developer Tools badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (23)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Pocket , Free, then $4.99/month
- Dark Reader , Free
- Privacy Badger , Free
- Raindrop.io , Free, then $38/year
- Userscripts , Free
- Stay , Free, then $5/one-time
- Greasemonkey , Free
- FireMonkey , Free
What you would be giving up
React Developer Tools is most often brought in for debugging react components during development, inspecting component state and props, performance profiling of react applications. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If React Developer Tools is broadly right and the question is cost, the React Developer Tools pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Browser Extensions category lists everything the directory holds, and best browser extensions tools ranks them.
React Developer Tools runs on chrome, firefox, edge. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about React Developer Tools alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to React Developer Tools?
- 23 other browser extensions tools are listed in this directory, led by Pocket, Dark Reader, Privacy Badger, Raindrop.io. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to React Developer Tools?
- 23 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Pocket, Dark Reader, Privacy Badger, Raindrop.io, Userscripts.
- Why do people look for an alternative to React Developer Tools?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from React Developer Tools?
- React Developer Tools is most often brought in for debugging react components during development, inspecting component state and props, performance profiling of react applications. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to React Developer Tools?
- Userscripts, Greasemonkey, FireMonkey are recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these React Developer Tools alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Browser Extensions, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare React Developer Tools against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against React Developer Tools covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every browser extensions tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Browser Extensions category, 23 tools beside React Developer Tools. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.