# New js-libp2p Developer Tools Enable Real-Time Debugging for js-libp2p and Helia Nodes

DevFeed: [New js-libp2p Developer Tools Enable Real-Time Debugging for js-libp2p and Helia Nodes](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/debugging-superpowers-with-the-new-js-libp2p-developer-tools-35626.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipfs.tech/2025-js-libp2p-helia-devtools/>)

Author: Daniel Norman

Published: 2025-07-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [IPFS](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipfs.md>)

Topics: [debug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debug.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [browsers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browsers.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [Monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitoring.md>), [tracing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tracing.md>)

Tags: [browsers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browsers.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugging.md>), [developer-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-tools.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [helia](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/helia.md>), [libp2p](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/libp2p.md>), [metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/metrics.md>), [node](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node.md>), [object-object](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/object-object.md>), [tracing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tracing.md>)

## AI overview

Shipyard introduces js-libp2p inspector, a set of developer tools for inspecting and debugging js-libp2p and Helia nodes in browsers and Node.js. The tools include a browser extension, an Electron app, and a metrics package, with setup guidance and source code available on GitHub.

## Source excerpt

Discover the new js-libp2p developer tools from Shipyard that provide real-time debugging capabilities for js-libp2p and Helia nodes in both browsers and Node.js.