WebSocket Visualizer

Graphically displays incoming and outgoing WebSocket messages with event type grouping 🔌 WebSocket Visualizer — WebSocket Connection Visualizer for Chrome DevTools WebSocket Visualizer is a powerful developer extension that adds a new tab to Chrome DevTools, displaying all WebSocket messages passing through a page in real time. The extension helps analyze, filter, and understand interactions between the client and server over the WebSocket protocol—without changing application code or using third-party libraries. Modern applications actively use WebSocket connections for real-time data exchange—chats, exchanges, games, financial panels, IoT devices, and other systems. However, standard browser tools don't provide a convenient way to observe these data streams. WebSocket Visualizer solves this problem: it injects itself into the page context and intercepts native WebSocket events (open, message, close, error, send), visualizing everything in a separate DevTools tab—beautifully, structured, and interactively. The extension automatically replaces the native WebSocket constructor, tracking all connections opened by a page or libraries (including Socket.io, ws, Primus, etc.) Each incoming and outgoing message is displayed as a card with details: Message content with JSON formatting Connection URL and WebSocket session ID Messages are grouped by event type (e.g., message, update, trade, heartbeat) — allowing you to quickly analyze the protocol structure and the frequency of specific events. The top panel displays a summary: Sent and Received All counters are updated in real time without reloading Click on an event type in the sidebar to instantly apply a filter ⏸️ Pause and Resume You can pause the event stream for analysis and resume it later without losing context—useful for heavy traffic or historical analysis. 🗑️ Clear and Reset One button clears all messages and statistics, preserving active connections and filters. The language choice is saved and applied automatically on next launch. The interface is inspired by Visual Studio Code: Soft gradients and highlighting of active elements Stylized scrollbars and neat typography 🧭 Instructions for use Go to the WebSocket tab—this is the extension interface. Load or refresh the page where WebSocket connections are enabled. The extension will automatically intercept and display all events: Use filters to focus on the events you need. You can pause the stream with the ⏸️ Pause button, examine the data, and then continue with ▶️ Resume. To clear the data, click 🗑️ Clear — the interface will refresh and begin waiting for new connections. All actions are instantly reflected in the UI: animations, counters, and filters are synchronized in real time. 🔍 Debugging real-time chats and messengers 🕹️ Monitoring game servers and network interactions 💬 Testing push notifications and streaming services 📊 Educational projects on working with real-time data Automatic JSON formatting with structure highlighting Automatic scrolling to the last message History limitation (up to 1000 messages per list) for performance optimization Security and privacy The extension does not collect, save, or send data from websites. All operations are performed locally within the browser context. Minimal permissions (activeTab, scripting, storage) are used exclusively for data visualization within DevTools. The new version of WebSocket Visualizer 1.3.0 adds support for German and Spanish, and the interface language switcher has been updated to include new localization options. Connection activity monitoring and state management have been improved, and a JSON viewer has been implemented for detailed viewing of message data. The interface has received visual improvements and new statistics elements: you can now monitor the number of bytes sent and received in real time. Furthermore, message export capabilities have been expanded to include JSON, CSV, and HAR formats, and a button for copying individual messages has been added. All export and statistics-related text is now localized for all supported languages. These updates make WebSocket Visualizer even more convenient for analyzing traffic, testing, and debugging WebSocket connections directly in the browser. WebSocket Visualizer now supports binary data handling with an integrated hex viewer for deeper inspection of raw message content. The message parsing logic has been improved to ensure more accurate decoding of complex WebSocket frames. Additionally, this update introduces localized translations for all new binary data features, providing a smoother experience for users in multiple languages.

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