webkit-webinspector

Standalone Webkit WebInspector frontend extracted from Webkit sources. This is a merely experimental project for local debugging needs, if you're looking for a more user-friendly soultion checkout the ios-safari-remote-debug-kit project.

Usage

To debug iOS devices you need to have ios-webkit-debug-proxy installed and running.

To start WebInspectorUI run

yarn start

By default server will start on 8080, you can change server port providing the command-line argument, e.g. yarn start 8000. Press CTRL+C to quit.

Navigate to http://localhost:8080/Main.html?ws=localhost:9222/devtools/page/1. ws=... part can be taken from http://localhost:9222, "frontend" page of ios-webkit-debug-proxy tool.

Command protocols

Command protocol and WebInspectorUI capabilities may vary depending on iOS version. To list all available command protocols run

yarn start -P list

By default the latest command protocol available in checked in WebInspectorUI is used.

Update

Clone WebInspectorUI to temp dir

rm -rf tmp/
git clone https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit.git --depth 1 tmp/webkit

Copy WebInspectorUI to serve dir

cp -R tmp/webkit/Source/WebInspectorUI/UserInterface lib/WebInspectorUI/latest