Wirebrowser
Shares rank 5 of 9 debuggers by recommenders
A free JavaScript debugger built on Chrome's DevTools Protocol that searches the heap from breakpoints, with a design people praise for opening unexpected workflows.
A free JavaScript debugger built on Chrome's DevTools Protocol that searches the heap from breakpoints, with a design people praise for opening unexpected workflows.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Uses DevTools Protocol in a new way
“Very impressive to see the primitives of CDP be used for such a different DX than what's in existing devtools.”
Comment from 11 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Wirebrowser – A JavaScript debugger with breakpoint-driven heap search” Opens workflows people didn't expect
“it ended up opening workflows I hadn’t expected”
Comment from 11 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Wirebrowser – A JavaScript debugger with breakpoint-driven heap search” Praised for shipping hard work
“Great effort!, this stuff is hard to do - so applause for getting something shipped!”
Comment from 11 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Wirebrowser – A JavaScript debugger with breakpoint-driven heap search”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Less powerful than time-travel debuggers
“BDHS seems strictly less powerful than a time travel debugger.”
Comment from 11 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Wirebrowser – A JavaScript debugger with breakpoint-driven heap search”
Other debuggers people recommend
The four most recommended other debuggers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDB (GNU Debugger) | 29 | 16 | 64% | 10 | — | — |
| WinDbg | 14 | 3 | 82% | 7 | — | Approved |
| HyperProbe | 12 | 1 | 92% | 1 | — | — |
| RenderDoc | 10 | 1 | 91% | 4 | — | Approved |
| WirebrowserThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it ended up opening workflows I hadn’t expected”
“BDHS seems strictly less powerful than a time travel debugger.”
“Very impressive to see the primitives of CDP be used for such a different DX than what's in existing devtools.”
“Great effort!, this stuff is hard to do - so applause for getting something shipped!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.