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Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Element Selector

DevTools-inspired element selection for extension or website

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Element Selector launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Hi HN, I'm Ahmad from the Intuned (https://intunedhq.com) team. Today, we're releasing and open-sourcing Selector Forge (https://selectorforge.ai/), a browser extension that generates reliable CSS/XPath selectors using AI. You can use it to create a selector for a single element or for an array of elements. The selectors it creates are meant to be "semantic" and more resilient to page changes than what Chrome DevTool’s “Copy Selector” (and other similar extensions) give you. Those tend to hand you something brittle like `#top > div.w-100.ph0-l.ph3.ph4-m > h1 >…

    Jun 2026 · selectorforge.ai · its alternatives →

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    Effortlessly discover API behaviour with a Chrome extension that automatically generates OpenAPI specifications in real time for any app or website.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Practical guides to browser DevTools and AI-assisted debugging — Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge. Panels, shortcuts, performance traces and accessibility.

    2014 · devtoolstips.com · its alternatives →

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    Try your design ideas in seconds with a universal visual CSS editor that generates code for you. Say hello to speed, joy, and stunning designs in just a few clicks with CSS Pro

    2023 · csspro.com · its alternatives →

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    Hello HN! I'm the creator and solo developer of Extension.js, a development tool for browser extensions with built-in support for TypeScript, WebAssembly, React, and modern JavaScript. Developers use it to spend less time configuring the compilation config or learning new frameworks and more time actually writing code. Most projects similar to Extension.js rely on some sort of abstraction or configuration to get started, making the initial development process slow given the extra learning curve and setup guidelines. By using Extension.js, adding the package to your npm scripts is all it…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    SuperDev▲164

    All in one browser extension for web designers & developers

    2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Go full page in one click: Full Page Screenshot with url

    2021 · selectorshub.com · its alternatives →

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    I built a web-based app for building websites. The main unique features are: 1. The ability to copy and paste any HTML and CSS into the editor with no limits. I was never able to find another app that could do this without some form of limitation. 2. CSS filtering, which means you can click on an element to view and edit the CSS selectors and rules that apply to that element alone. In many cases I've found CSS naming conventions like BEM to become irritating at certain scales, so this is an alternative solution. This part of the app needs some more development work but the concept is there.…

    2024 · demo.gocodestudio.com · its alternatives →

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    Chrome Extension for playwright and web scraping

    2023 · ray.run · its alternatives →

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    Toolb.dev▲122

    A set of 50+ free interactive CSS, HTML and JS webtools

    2021 · toolb.dev · its alternatives →

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    Create custom shortcuts for the Web

    2023 · mywebshortcuts.xyz · its alternatives →

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    Dev Links▲110

    All links a developer would need

    2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    A beautiful React UI library for easy modern development

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Collection of free online tools to help in web development

    2025 · onlinewebdevtools.com · its alternatives →

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    Pointer▲109

    Cursor-driven element inspection for DevTools workflow

    2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    For Selenium

    2020 · vimalselvam.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi everyone, I'm trying to get feedback on this site editor (I couldn't get on my first try). A lot of it was inspired by modern browser's dev tools. Do you guys think it's intuitive enough? Does it feel good to use? Any feedback would be amazing.

    2022 · dotling.com · its alternatives →

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    ✨ Viselect - A high performance and lightweight library to add a visual way of selecting elements, just like on your Desktop. Zero dependencies, super small. Support for major frameworks! - simonwep/viselect

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    It's like Can I Use but for the browser devtools

    2022 · canidev.tools · its alternatives →

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    QA engineers spend less time on creating css/xpath selectors

    2021 · preflight.com · its alternatives →

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    JSON, Regex, JWT, Markdown and more — all in one toolbox

    Mar 2026 · quan1229.com · its alternatives →

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    A CSS Extension for Element Queries & More

    2016 · elementqueries.com · its alternatives →

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