MutationLens
Chrome extension · in development · zero telemetry

See every DOM mutation in real time

Pick any container in any web page, hit record, and watch every DOM mutation stream into a visual timeline. Built for front-end debugging.

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Free · no account · all processing stays in your browser
MutationLens — picking a container, recording mutations, and inspecting the timeline
How it works

From "what just changed?" to "here it is" in four clicks.

MutationLens wraps the browser's MutationObserver in a UI that's actually usable for debugging — scoped, visual, and inspectable.

Pick any container
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Pick any container

Click an element to scope what you observe. The CSS selector auto-fills with live validation — narrow your focus to exactly the part of the DOM you care about.

Record in real time
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Record in real time

Every DOM mutation streams into a visual timeline as you interact with the page — added nodes, removed nodes, attribute changes, text changes.

Diff every change
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Diff every change

Before/after blocks for attributes, character-level diff for text, full outerHTML for added or removed nodes. No more guessing what flipped.

Highlight on the page
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Highlight on the page

Click a mutation to flash the element on the page. Even removed elements show a ghost rectangle where they used to live.

Coming soon