Think I mainly use it for these things: Check what props a component is actually receiving Change prop values to check variants of components Check which components re-render when stuff happens Answer from svish on reddit.com
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Chrome Web Store
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React Developer Tools - Chrome Web Store
React Developer Tools is a Chrome DevTools extension for the open-source React JavaScript library. It allows you to inspect the React component hierarchies in the Chrome Developer Tools.
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React
react.dev › learn › react-developer-tools
React Developer Tools – React
Use React Developer Tools to inspect React components, edit props and state, and identify performance problems.
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How often do you use the React Developer Tools?
Think I mainly use it for these things: Check what props a component is actually receiving Change prop values to check variants of components Check which components re-render when stuff happens More on reddit.com
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What are the different ways of debugging?
Console log erry day. More on reddit.com
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Introducing the New React DevTools

Nice. Thanks for the update.

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React Dev Tools: much worse experience with functions/hooks
You didn't really give any details on why you feel it's a worse experience. What actual problems are you having? There's no difference in the component tree, so I'm not sure what "navigation" issues you're referring to. The state should be visible in the hooks section of the sidebar. More on reddit.com
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freeCodeCamp
freecodecamp.org › news › how-to-use-react-dev-tools
How to Use React Dev Tools – With Example Code and Videos
January 11, 2023 - React Dev Tools is an extension created by the React team. It enables developers to debug their code inside their Developer Tools. Once you add the extension, you will get 2 new tabs in DevTools called Components and Profiler, respectively.
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npm
npmjs.com › package › react-devtools
react-devtools - npm
Use react-devtools outside of the browser. Latest version: 7.0.1, last published: 5 months ago. Start using react-devtools in your project by running `npm i react-devtools`. There are 38 other projects in the npm registry using react-devtools.
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Version   7.0.1
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GeeksforGeeks
geeksforgeeks.org › reactjs › react-developer-tools
React Developer Tools - GeeksforGeeks
React Developer Tools: React Developer Tools is a Chrome DevTools extension for the React JavaScript library.
Published   July 23, 2025
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GitHub
github.com › facebook › react-devtools
GitHub - facebook/react-devtools: An extension that allows inspection of React component hierarchy in the Chrome and Firefox Developer Tools. · GitHub
An extension that allows inspection of React component hierarchy in the Chrome and Firefox Developer Tools. - facebook/react-devtools
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TechAhead
techaheadcorp.com › home › debug & optimize react: master the devtools
Debug & Optimize React: Master the DevTools
June 21, 2024 - While React Developer Tools offers comprehensive debugging for React and React Native applications, it extends its capabilities further through integrations with other tools like Redux DevTools and does not currently support mobile browsers.
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Vercel
react-devtools-tutorial.vercel.app
React DevTools tutorial
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React Native
reactnative.dev › docs › debugging
Debugging Basics · React Native
February 20, 2026 - React Native DevTools is our built-in debugger for React Native.
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LogRocket
blog.logrocket.com › home › debug react apps with react developer tools
Debug React apps with React Developer Tools - LogRocket Blog
June 4, 2024 - In this tutorial, I’ll highlight the notable features and demonstrate ways you can use its features to better debug your React apps productively. Every modern web browser offers an inbuilt developer tools solution for developers to inspect and fix bugs in web apps. For example, you can add breakpoints and use the console to debug any JavaScript-based app. Also, you can inspect native DOM elements and attributes easily with the browser’s DevTools.
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TanStack
tanstack.com › query › v5 › docs › react › devtools
Devtools | TanStack Query React Docs
The devtools are a separate package that you need to install: ... For Next 13+ App Dir you must install it as a dev dependency for it to work. ... By default, React Query Devtools are only included in bundles when process.env.NODE_ENV === ...
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Codecademy
codecademy.com › article › react-devtools-tutorial
How to Use React Developer Tools (With Example) | Codecademy
React DevTools (also known as React Developer Tools) is a well-known browser extension that adds React-specific inspection capabilities to our standard browser DevTools.
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DigitalOcean
digitalocean.com › community › tutorials › react-react-devtools-intro
React Devtools: A Brief Introduction | DigitalOcean
May 21, 2018 - React Developer Tools (Devtools for short) is a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox that provides an extra set of React-specific inspection widgets to assist you with development.
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Zipy
zipy.ai › blog › react-devtool-extension
How to use React Developer Tools extensions
December 6, 2024 - With the React Devtools extension, developers can easily inspect and manipulate the state and props of components, analyze component hierarchies, and track component updates in real-time.
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React
legacy.reactjs.org › blog › 2019 › 08 › 15 › new-react-devtools.html
Introducing the New React DevTools – React Blog
August 15, 2019 - # Checkout the extension source git clone https://github.com/facebook/react-devtools cd react-devtools # Checkout the previous release branch git checkout v3 # Install dependencies and build the unpacked extension yarn install yarn build:extension # Follow the on-screen instructions to complete installation
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React
legacy.reactjs.org › blog › 2018 › 09 › 10 › introducing-the-react-profiler.html
Introducing the React Profiler – React Blog
September 10, 2018 - The commit phase is when React applies any changes. (In the case of React DOM, this is when React inserts, updates, and removes DOM nodes.) React also calls lifecycles like componentDidMount and componentDidUpdate during this phase. The DevTools profiler groups performance info by commit.
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Finsemble
documentation.finsemble.com › troubleshoot and debug › react developer tools
React Developer Tools | Finsemble
React Developer Tools are debugging tools for the open-source React library. It allows you to inspect the React component hierarchies in Chrome's Developer Tools. Because Finsemble's UI components are built using React, the React DevTools can be very helpful while debugging Finsemble.
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Codestoresolutions
codestoresolutions.com › home › what is react devtools and how to use it?
Master React DevTools Debug Components Like a Pro
April 21, 2025 - This tool is essential for React developers as it provides an easy way to debug React applications and identify problems.The tool is a browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge and can be installed from the respective browser’s extension ...