Databuddy DevTools

Databuddy DevTools is a moveable browser overlay for local development, QA, and previews. It observes the Databuddy browser SDK already running on the page.

Installation

bun add -d @databuddy/devtools

React

import { DatabuddyDevtools } from "@databuddy/devtools/react";

export function AppShell({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
return (
  <>
    {children}
    <DatabuddyDevtools enabled={process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production"} />
  </>
);
}

Manual mount:

import { mountDevtools } from "@databuddy/devtools/react";

const unmount = mountDevtools();

Vue

<script setup>
import { DatabuddyDevtools } from "@databuddy/devtools/vue";
</script>

<template>
<RouterView />
<DatabuddyDevtools :enabled="import.meta.env.DEV" />
</template>

Manual mount:

import { mountDevtools } from "@databuddy/devtools/vue";

const unmount = mountDevtools();

What It Shows

• Runtime status and diagnostics
• Client, anonymous, and session IDs
• URL attribution params and storage keys
• Global properties
• Event calls: track, screenView, flush, and clear
• Queue lengths and flush state
• Feature flag readiness, config, values, variants, reasons, and sources
• Local feature flag overrides

Feature Flags

DevTools reads the browser flag manager created by FlagsProvider or Vue createFlagsPlugin. If no flag manager is mounted, the flag panel will show flags as unavailable.

Flag sources:

Overrides are local only. Clear overrides before validating real flag behavior.

Flag Debugging Workflow

1. Open DevTools with Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + D.
2. Confirm the flag manager is ready and using the expected clientId, API host, and environment.
3. Confirm the user context includes the IDs your rollout needs: userId, organizationId, or teamId.
4. Inspect the flag source. server means a real API evaluation, cache means a cached value, and override means DevTools is forcing the result locally.
5. Test each UI branch with a local override, then clear the override and refresh to validate real behavior.
6. Trigger the outcome event and verify it includes flag_key, variant, and any useful status field.

Managing Flags

DevTools can create, update, and delete flag definitions when you paste an API key with manage:flags scope at runtime.

It uses:

• GET /public/v1/flags/definitions
• POST /public/v1/flags
• PATCH /public/v1/flags/{id}
• DELETE /public/v1/flags/{id}

The default API host is https://api.databuddy.cc. You can override it in the overlay for local or preview environments.

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