Alternatives to VisBug
Point-and-click editing tools for any live web page. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
VisBug
Point-and-click editing tools for any live web page.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as VisBug.
Web Developer
Toolbar of web development tools for inspecting and manipulating a page.
Web Developer is a GPL-3.0 toolbar with dozens of page manipulations across Chrome, Firefox and Edge, using a dense menu interface instead of point-and-click editing on the page.
Pesticide
Outlines every element on a page to expose layout problems.
Pesticide only outlines every element to expose layout problems, with a bookmarklet option, but offers no editing of spacing, type or colour.
Chrome DevTools
The web developer tools built into Google Chrome for editing pages, debugging and profiling performance.
Chrome DevTools is built into Chrome with editing, performance tracing and network inspection, but changes go through developer panels rather than a point-and-click toolbar.
Firefox Developer Tools
The web developer tools built into Firefox for inspecting, editing and debugging HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Firefox Developer Tools is built into Firefox for editing HTML, CSS and JavaScript, but works only inside Firefox and uses panels instead of on-page point-and-click tools.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Stylebot
Changes how a website looks without writing CSS.
Stylus
Applies custom CSS user styles to any website.
WAVE
A suite of web accessibility evaluation tools, available online and as browser extensions.
axe DevTools
Accessibility testing tools and browser extension from Deque, built on the axe-core rules engine.
