# chii

> Chrome devtools framework

Latest version **1.15.5** (published 2025-08-17) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install chii
pnpm add chii
yarn add chii
bun add chii
```

Provides the command `chii`.

## Health

**Score 25/100 (F)** — status: maintenance-mode.

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support; large bundle.

Negative: stale; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.15.5 |
| Published | 2025-08-17 |
| First published | 2020-04-24 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 9 |
| Unpacked size | 12.6 MB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 2239 |
| Author | redhoodsu |
| Maintainers | surunzi |
| Keywords | devtools |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/chii
- Repository: https://github.com/liriliri/chii
- Homepage: https://github.com/liriliri/chii#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/liriliri/chii/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/chii

## Dependencies (9)

- [ws](https://npm.io/package/ws.md) ^8.18.0
- [koa](https://npm.io/package/koa.md) ^2.15.3
- [licia](https://npm.io/package/licia.md) ^1.43.0
- [koa-send](https://npm.io/package/koa-send.md) ^5.0.0
- [commander](https://npm.io/package/commander.md) ^5.0.0
- [handlebars](https://npm.io/package/handlebars.md) ^4.7.6
- [koa-router](https://npm.io/package/koa-router.md) ^13.0.1
- [koa-compress](https://npm.io/package/koa-compress.md) ^4.0.1
- [@cypress/request](https://npm.io/package/@cypress/request.md) ^3.0.5

## Recent versions

- 1.15.5 (latest) — 2025-08-17
- 1.15.4 — 2024-11-03
- 1.15.3 — 2024-10-27
- 1.15.2 — 2024-10-17
- 1.15.1 — 2024-10-16
- 1.15.0 — 2024-10-03
- 1.14.0 — 2024-09-23
- 1.13.0 — 2024-09-03
- 1.12.3 — 2024-08-29
- 1.12.2 — 2024-08-29
- 1.12.1 — 2024-08-29
- 1.12.0 — 2024-08-29
- 1.11.1 — 2024-08-20
- 1.11.0 — 2024-07-31
- 1.10.0 — 2023-11-04
- … 35 more at https://npm.io/package/chii/versions

## README

<div align="center">
  <a href="https://chii.liriliri.io/" target="_blank">
    <img src="https://chii.liriliri.io/icon.png" width="400">
  </a>
</div>

<h1 align="center">Chii</h1>

<div align="center">

Remote debugging tool.

[![NPM version][npm-image]][npm-url]
[![Build status][ci-image]][ci-url]
[![License][license-image]][npm-url]

</div>

[npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/chii?style=flat-square
[npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/chii
[ci-image]: https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/liriliri/chii/main.yml?branch=master&style=flat-square
[ci-url]: https://github.com/liriliri/chii/actions/workflows/main.yml
[license-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/l/chii?style=flat-square

<img src="https://chii.liriliri.io/screenshot.jpg" style="width:100%">

Remote debugging tool like [weinre](https://www.npmjs.com/package/weinre), replacing web inspector with the latest [chrome devtools frontend](https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/devtools-frontend).

## Demo

![Demo](https://chii.liriliri.io/qrcode.png)

Browse it on your phone: [https://chii.liriliri.io/playground/test/demo.html](https://chii.liriliri.io/playground/test/demo.html)

Open [https://chii.liriliri.io/playground/](https://chii.liriliri.io/room.html) and click inspect to start debugging the demo page.

## Install

You can get it on npm.

```bash
npm install chii -g
```

## Usage

Start the server with the following command.

```bash
chii start -p 8080
```

Use this script to inject the target code into your webpage.

```html
<script src="//host-machine-ip:8080/target.js"></script>
```

Then browse to http://localhost:8080 to start debugging your page.

For more detailed usage instructions, please read the documentation at [chii.liriliri.io](https://chii.liriliri.io/docs/)!

## Related Projects

* [whistle.chii](https://github.com/liriliri/whistle.chii): Whistle Chii plugin.
* [chobitsu](https://github.com/liriliri/chobitsu): Chrome devtools protocol JavaScript implementation.
* [vivy](https://github.com/liriliri/vivy-docs): Icon image generation.

## Contribution

Read [Contributing Guide](https://chii.liriliri.io/docs/contributing.html) for development setup instructions.

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