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@fictjs/devtools

Internal distribution artifact: per SCOPE.md, this package is Changesets-ignored and feature-frozen. It exists for Fict-maintained browser/Vite tooling, not as a stable application dependency.

Fict DevTools for Vite development. This package provides:

  • A Vite plugin that serves a standalone DevTools UI at /__fict-devtools__/
  • Auto-injection of the DevTools hook (best-effort)
  • An authenticated runtime-to-editor live trace bridge at /__fict-trace__

Compatibility

Compatibility is governed by the DevTools hook protocol rather than the Core release train. This package currently implements protocol 1 and supports runtime hook protocol 1.

At runtime, the installed hook exposes:

globalThis.__FICT_DEVTOOLS_HOOK__.devtools

The runtime ignores hooks that declare an incompatible protocol range.

Vite usage (local/internal)

// vite.config.ts
import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
import fictDevTools from '@fictjs/devtools/vite'

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [fictDevTools()],
})

The plugin serves the panel on the Vite origin and starts a launcher at http://127.0.0.1:5175/; its embedded panel remains on the Vite origin so the runtime transport keeps working. Public Vite options are applied as follows:

fictDevTools({
  port: 5180,
  openInBrowser: true,
  componentNameTransformer: name => `MyApp/${name}`,
})
  • port selects the standalone launcher port (0 requests an available port).
  • openInBrowser opens the launcher and reports launch failures through the Vite logger.
  • componentNameTransformer runs inside the browser before the debugger is attached. It must be a synchronous, self-contained function and cannot capture variables from vite.config.ts.

VS Code live trace

The Vite plugin writes an ephemeral bearer token to .fict-cache/devtools-token and removes the file when the server stops. In VS Code, set fict.trace.mode to live and fict.dev.serverUrl to the Vite origin (for example, http://localhost:5173). The extension reads the token from fict.dev.tokenPath and subscribes only to the active source file.

To use a different token location, configure both sides with the same path:

fictDevTools({
  liveTrace: { tokenPath: '.cache/fict-live-trace-token' },
})

The token grants access to local runtime telemetry. Keep its directory out of source control and do not share the token.

Auto-injection (best-effort)

The plugin tries to auto-inject the DevTools hook into your entry file. This is heuristic-based and may not match every project structure.

If auto-injection doesn't happen, add this line to your entry file:

import 'virtual:fict-devtools'

The dev server logs a warning when it sees render calls but can't confidently find a DOM mount reference.