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24 alternatives to Project Glimpse (from Microsoft)

Full-stack Node.js web diagnostics

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Project Glimpse (from Microsoft) launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1PG
   Project Glimpse from Microsoft – Full-Stack Node.js Web Diagnostics▲8

   2017 · node.getglimpse.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Glimpse▲70

   The Diagnostics platform of the web

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Trace▲102

   Visualized Node.js monitoring

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4TA
   Tonic – A data visualizing REPL for Node.js▲342

   2015 · tonicdev.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   scrape-it▲186

   A Node.js scraper for humans.

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hackathon Starter▲296

   A boilerplate for Node.js web applications.

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7RS
   Realtime, self-hosted monitoring for Node.js inspired by GitHub Status▲75

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8JA
   Joint, a real-time Node.js framework for single page apps▲56

   2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9NM
   Nodebook – Minimalist Node REPL with Web UI▲69

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10DA
    Disc, a project visualisation tool for your node/browserify modules▲28

    2013 · hughsk.github.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    NW.js▲77

    A new way of writing desktop apps with Web technologies

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12SA
    Shunter – a Node.js application to read JSON and translate it into HTML▲33

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Ghost Inspector▲80

    Automated browser testing from the cloud

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14KP
    Keymetrics/PM2 a realtime monitoring solution for Node.js▲63

    2015 · keymetrics.io · its alternatives →

15. 15WI
    WebGL Insight, a Debugging Toolkit for Chrome▲72

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16AC
    A conformant WebGL implementation for Node.js▲57

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17FJ
    Fire.js: Visual Node.js Development with JSON, MongoDB and Cloudfoundry▲23

    2011 · firejs.firebase.co · its alternatives →

18. 18SC
    Stdlib.com – Building a Standard Library of Node.js Microservices▲28

    2016 · stdlib.com · its alternatives →

19. 19AL
    A lightweight fullstack boilerplate based on VueJS and Node.js▲24

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20SF
    Streaming full-text search for Node.js and browsers▲39

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21MN
    Mr.Node – A JavaScript Library for Node.js Functions▲10

    2017 · mrnode.tk · its alternatives →

22. 22CF
    CloudRail for Node.js – A Unified API for Multiple Web APIs▲21

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23WB
    We built a realtime design feedback tool using Node.js▲32

    2013 · framebench.com · its alternatives →

24. 24TF
    The first NodeJS web server on a Raspberry Pi▲23

    2012 · pi.tomg.co · its alternatives →

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