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Best alternatives to Pesticide - Advanced CSS Debugger (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Pesticide, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Pesticide - Advanced CSS Debugger today

≈20K users4.9★ from 99 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago4 permissions

Pesticide alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Pesticide

    A CSS debugging tool that inserts outlines onto all elements to help with debugging layout issues

    ≈200K users3.4★ from 145 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago2 permissions
    • About 10× more users than Pesticide
    • Rated 1.6 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
  2. 2

    Pesticide for Chrome - Simple

    Toggle CSS outlines to debug layouts easily.

    ≈1K users5.0★ from 5 ratings2 permissions
    • About 20× fewer users than Pesticide
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
  3. 3

    Pesticide (without hover bar)

    A CSS debugging tool that outlines all page elements to help identify and fix layout issues.

    ≈1K users5.0★ from 5 ratings2 permissions
    • About 20× fewer users than Pesticide
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
  4. 4

    Debug CSS

    When enabled adds outline to all elements on the page, Hold Ctrl and hover to get more detail

    ≈10K users4.5★ from 48 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago2 permissions
    • About 2.0× fewer users than Pesticide
    • Rated 0.5 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
  5. 5

    Analytics Debugger

    Your Single Source of Truth (SSOT) for debugging analytics implementations

    ≈100K users4.5★ from 249 ratingsUpdated 7 days ago7 permissions
    • About 5.0× more users than Pesticide
    • Rated 0.4 stars lower
    • Asks for more permissions (7 vs 4)
  6. 6

    Evinced Dev Debugger

    Browser Developer Tools Accessibility Debugger for developers and accessibility experts.

    ≈3K users5.0★ from 7 ratingsUpdated in the last day7 permissions
    • About 6.7× fewer users than Pesticide
    • Asks for more permissions (7 vs 4)
    • Listed under Accessibility
  7. 7

    Debugger for Adobe Analytics

    Prints to JavaScript console what data is sent to Adobe Analytics.

    ≈30K users4.4★ from 56 ratingsUpdated 8 weeks ago2 permissions
    • About 1.5× more users than Pesticide
    • Rated 0.6 stars lower
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  8. 8

    [Deprecated] Google Analytics Debugger

    Prints useful information to the JavaScript console by enabling the debug version of the Google Analytics Javascript.

    ≈600K users3.7★ from 534 ratingsUpdated 13 days ago3 permissions
    • About 30× more users than Pesticide
    • Rated 1.2 stars lower
    • Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
  9. 9

    Apex Debugger

    Debug Salesforce apex code with ease

    ≈20K users4.1★ from 34 ratingsUpdated 8 days ago5 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Pesticide
    • Rated 0.8 stars lower
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
  10. 10

    Outliner CSS

    Outline every element to instantly debug layout and spacing - depth tinting, hover inspector, one-click selector copy.

    ≈10K users4.5★ from 17 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago3 permissions
    • About 2.0× fewer users than Pesticide
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)

Pesticide alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Pesticide?

By users, the most popular alternative is [Deprecated] Google Analytics Debugger with ≈600K users and a 3.7-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Pesticide.

Which Pesticide alternative has the best rating?

Analytics Debugger has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.5 out of 5 from 249 ratings.

Is there a Pesticide alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Pesticide asks for 2 permissions, against 4 for Pesticide.

How many alternatives to Pesticide are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Pesticide on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.