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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. 1
   Glimpse▲70

   The Diagnostics platform of the web

   2015 · xcor.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Trace▲102

   Visualized Node.js monitoring

   2016 · risingstack.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   scrape-it▲186

   A Node.js scraper for humans.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Kinase▲159

   A framework for building web scrapers for Chrome

   2017 · b12.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Highlight's Node.js Integration▲164

   A better way to monitor your Node.js backend

   2022 · launchdarkly.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Blueprint▲203

   A React UI toolkit for the web

   2016 · blueprintjs.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   NW.js▲77

   A new way of writing desktop apps with Web technologies

   2015 · nwjs.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Ghost Inspector▲80

   Automated browser testing from the cloud

   2014 · ghostinspector.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   NotebookJS▲109

   Scientific computation for JavaScript

   2016 · datazar.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    SocketCluster▲93

    A scalable realtime engine for Node.js

    2015 · socketcluster.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    BrowserTap▲70

    Cloud-based cross browser testing (pre-launch)

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Atomus▲68

    A utility library for testing client-side code in Node.js

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    NodeUp #110 - 1:1 w/ Myles Borins▲60

    Discussing Node Core, LTS releases, and the community.

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Raneto▲74

    Markdown powered Knowledgebase for Nodejs

    2014 · raneto.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Keymetrics▲8

    Monitor, diagnose and augment Node.js

    2014 · pm2.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Mr.Node▲6

    A Javascript Library for Node.js Functions

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Razorframe▲5

    a Node.js library for kickstarting real-time apps at scale

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Slapp▲28

    An open-source node.js library for creating Slack Apps

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Next.js▲19

    A small framework for server-rendered universal JS webapps

    2016 · vercel.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    A lightweight fullstack boilerplate based on VueJS and Node.js▲24

    A lightweight boilerplate for a universal webapp based on koa, mongodb, node, vue, and webpack - yunhan0/koa-vue-fullstack

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Pagespace – Manageable websites with Node.js▲5

    2016 · versatile.nl · its alternatives →

22. 22
    JS Bin▲3

    Collaborative, Javascript Debugging

    2015 · jsbin.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Full-Stack Web Development with Vue.js and Node▲5

    Build scalable and powerful web apps

    2018 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Server Components – Composable Rendering with Web Components for Node.js▲5

    2016 · pimterry.github.io · its alternatives →

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