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Eruda

Console for mobile browsers

Open-source mobile web console that embeds a full developer toolkit into any mobile browser. Provides console, element inspection, network monitor, resource viewer, performance timing, and JavaScript execution on devices that lack native DevTools. The de facto standard for debugging responsive layouts, mobile-specific JavaScript errors, and production issues on phones — loaded with a single script tag or a browser extension.

About Eruda

Eruda by liriliri is an embeddable mobile web console that gives developers a full DevTools experience inside any mobile browser. Traditional Chrome DevTools require USB tethering and the desktop browser; Eruda instead ships as a JavaScript library you include on the page, exposing a floating button that opens a panel UI. The panel mirrors the layout and features of desktop DevTools so teams can inspect production issues directly on a phone without special tooling.

The console supports logs, warnings, errors, and arbitrary JavaScript execution. The Elements tab shows the live DOM with attributes, inline styles, computed styles and CSS rule inspection. The Network monitor records XHR/fetch requests with headers, payloads and response bodies. Additional built-in plugins cover page FPS and memory monitoring, feature detection, performance timing and benchmarks. Everything is keyboard-navigable and theme-switchable, so it works equally well on iOS Safari, Android Chrome and embedded WebViews.

Eruda is distributed on npm and GitHub with 18K+ stars and is also packaged as Firefox Android and Chrome extensions through the liriliri ecosystem. It is the tool of choice for QA engineers, frontend developers debugging responsive layouts and anyone shipping mobile-first web apps who cannot rely on remote debugging — drop in the script during troubleshooting and remove it when done.

Pricing & Platform Specs

Pricing Summary

Free and 100% open source under the MIT license. Eruda provides in-browser developer tools and debugging console for mobile browsers and webviews with zero subscription fees or licensing costs.

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Supported Platforms

Any browser (embedded JS)

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FAQ

What is Eruda?

Open-source mobile web console that embeds a full developer toolkit into any mobile browser. Provides console, element inspection, network monitor, resource viewer, performance timing, and JavaScript execution on devices that lack native DevTools. The de facto standard for debugging responsive layouts, mobile-specific JavaScript errors, and production issues on phones — loaded with a single script tag or a browser extension.

Is Eruda free?

Yes — Eruda is open source and free to use. Free and 100% open source under the MIT license. Eruda provides in-browser developer tools and debugging console for mobile browsers and webviews with zero subscription fees or licensing costs.

Is Eruda open source?

Yes — Eruda is open source.

Is Eruda still maintained?

Yes — Eruda is active. Its listing was last verified on September 6, 2026.

What are the best Eruda alternatives?

The first editor-selected Eruda alternatives are React DevTools, Vue DevTools, Responsively.