TreeBugger is a React component tree visualizer and inspector. It helps developers understand and debug their component hierarchy with a focus on clarity, usability, and future architectural planning.
This project started as a live visual debugging tool and is evolving into a full-featured system for planning and documenting frontend components from mockup to implementation.
- Visual rendering of a mock React component tree
- Recursive component node display with expand/collapse
- Click-to-inspect view showing props and state
- Clear selection highlighting and layout separation
- Visual indication of re-renders
- Snapshot mode for capturing tree states over time
- Compare expected vs actual component structures
- Export props and component definitions for scaffolding tests
- GitHub and Storybook integration (planned for Pro version)
- Planning Mode: manual tree-building from mockups with prop definitions
- React, Vite, TailwindCSS, and TypeScript.
Frontend architecture should be visual, explainable, and shareable.
TreeBugger aims to bridge the gap between debugging tools and architectural planning — helping developers not only understand how their apps are structured, but how they could be structured.
Built and maintained by Bannon (@tannerabread).
This project is part of a broader effort to create thoughtful tools that improve developer experience.
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