Best alternatives to Web Developer (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Web Developer, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Web Developer Tool for Chrome
Web developer toolbox for your browser.
≈10K users4.8★ from 10 ratings8 permissions- About 100× fewer users than Web Developer
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React Developer Tools
Adds React debugging tools to the Chrome Developer Tools. Created from revision 1d34f91dfd.
≈5M users3.9★ from 1.6K ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago4 permissions- About 5.0× more users than Web Developer
- Rated 0.5 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 8)
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Relay Developer Tools
Adds Relay debugging tools to the Chrome Developer Tools.
≈5K users5.0★ from 5 ratingsUpdated 21 months ago3 permissions- About 200× fewer users than Web Developer
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 8)
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gRPC-Web Developer Tools
gRPC-Web Developer Tools for debugging application's gRPC-Web network requests.
≈3K users3.6★ from 8 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago1 permissions- About 333× fewer users than Web Developer
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 8)
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MobX Developer Tools
Dev-tools for MobX and React
≈20K users3.1★ from 54 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago4 permissions- About 50× fewer users than Web Developer
- Rated 1.3 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 8)
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Lexical Developer Tools
Adds Lexical debugging tools to the Chrome Developer Tools.
≈1K users5.0★ from 2 ratingsUpdated 12 days ago2 permissions- About 1000× fewer users than Web Developer
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 8)
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Developer Notes
See and post notes on developer documentation.
≈3K users4.8★ from 18 ratingsNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions- About 333× fewer users than Web Developer
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 8)
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Preact Developer Tools
Adds debugging tools for Preact to Chrome
≈7K users4.5★ from 16 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago3 permissions- About 143× fewer users than Web Developer
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 8)
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GraphQL developer tools
A GraphQL panel in DevTools: every operation the page sends, with its variables, response, errors and headers
≈8K users3.1★ from 23 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks agoNo special permissions- About 125× fewer users than Web Developer
- Rated 1.3 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 8)
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Klaviyo Developer Tools
Klaviyo tool for checking if a website has Klaviyo JS installed and a dev tools panel for debugging events.
≈1K users4.7★ from 13 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago5 permissions- About 1000× fewer users than Web Developer
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 8)
Web Developer alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Web Developer?
By users, the most popular alternative is React Developer Tools with ≈5M users and a 3.9-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Web Developer Tool for Chrome.
Which Web Developer alternative has the best rating?
React Developer Tools has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 3.9 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings.
Is there a Web Developer alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Developer Notes asks for 0 permissions, against 8 for Web Developer.
How many alternatives to Web Developer are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Web Developer 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.