Is React Developer Tools safe?

Clean risk

Adds React component inspection and profiling tools to Chrome DevTools.

This extension adds “Components” and “Profiler” tabs to Chrome DevTools for pages using React. You can inspect React component hierarchies, view and edit current props and state, select matching React elements from the Elements tab, and record performance information. The store description states that it does not transmit data remotely.

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Who publishes it

Meta Platforms, INC. - 2 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
Meta
Declared legal entity
Meta Platforms, INC.
Registered address
1 Meta Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, US
Registered contact
Meta Platforms, INC.

Same store account

2 other listings published from this account, 3.0M+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.

AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.

Publishers can request a review.

What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 7.0.1. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.

  • Read and change your data on every site you visit

    <all_urls>

  • Run its own code inside the pages you visit

    scripting

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • See the address and title of every tab you have open

    tabs

Updated 30 September 2026fmkadmapgofadopljbjfkapdkoienihi