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JSX Tool

jsxtool.com

JSX Tool is a browser-based React IDE for inspecting, editing, styling, and generating JSX code.

HQSan Francisco, California, United States
Employees1-50
Specialization
Not classified
Business
Software Applications
Market
Software Development
Ecosystem
Applications
Customers
Developersand 1 more customers values
  • Enterprises
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Organization type
Commercial Company
Ecosystem
Applications
Business
Software Applications
Specialization
Not classified
Market
Software Development
Customers
Developers, Enterprises
Delivery models
On Premise Software
Revenue models
Subscription, Usage Based
Listing status
Not classified
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About

JSX Tool builds a browser-first React IDE and Chrome extension that lets developers inspect, style, edit, and generate JSX directly in a live browser. It sells primarily to React developers and differentiates itself by connecting rendered UI elements to source code and AI-assisted edits in one workflow.

Market

JSX Tool competes in React developer tooling, specifically browser-based component inspection, source-code navigation, and visual editing. It positions itself as a React-focused browser IDE that connects rendered UI elements to project JSX and the local filesystem, differentiating it from React Developer Tools’ hierarchy inspection and LocatorJS’s primarily browser-to-VS Code navigation by combining inspection, in-place style editing, code navigation, and real-time component editing.

Target Customers

JSX Tool targets frontend and React developers, particularly startup teams building React applications. Its buyer/user is primarily the hands-on developer who wants to inspect, edit, and navigate application code directly from the running browser UI.

At a Glance

Problem

React developers often lose time moving between the browser, DevTools, and their editor to determine which component rendered a visible element and then validate small JSX or CSS changes. React DevTools is useful for inspecting component trees, props, state, and performance, but it is not designed for styling; in larger codebases, tracing an element back through folders and packages makes routine UI fixes slower and more error-prone. The killer use case is selecting an element in the running application, jumping directly to its JSX, and iterating on the design without a manual copy-and-paste edit–preview loop.

Product / Service

JSX Tool is a Chrome extension paired with a lightweight local development server and an in-browser React IDE. Developers can hover over or click an element, inspect the corresponding component, search the codebase, and edit styles or JSX in the developer panel. AI features use live browser context to propose CSS changes and variations, while accepted edits can be written back to local source files through the dev server and hot-reloaded into the application. The product has a free tier and paid Individual and Organization plans listed at $16.67 and $33.33 per seat per month respectively when billed annually.

Market

JSX Tool competes in React developer tooling at the intersection of component inspection, visual debugging, browser-based IDEs, and AI-assisted coding. Its adjacent competitors include React Developer Tools, LocatorJS, and React Inspector for locating components in source, as well as StackBlitz for browser-based React development. JSX Tool’s distinction is combining click-to-source navigation with live styling, in-browser code editing, AI-assisted changes, and persistence back to the developer’s local codebase.

The product appears to be in an early commercial-launch phase rather than at demonstrated scale. The Chrome Web Store listed 2,000 users and six ratings, while the open-source dev-server repository showed 179 stars and 21 forks; JSX Tool also launched publicly as a YC F25 company on Hacker News. Public materials show a free-to-paid pricing model, but the reviewed sources do not disclose revenue, paid-customer counts, or other evidence of significant commercial traction.

Founders & Leadership

Jamie SunderlandFounder
Co-Founder & CEO
Dan HymanFounder
Co-Founder & CTO

Funding History

2025-09
Seed (Tracxn; Crunchbase labels it Pre-Seed)$500K

Y Combinator

Recent News

2026-02-09product_launch
Launch YC: JSX Tool: In-Browser React IDE

JSX Tool launched as an in-browser React IDE that lets developers inspect UI elements, jump to the relevant JSX source, and edit code with precise context for AI-assisted updates.

2025-10-31product_launch
JSX Tool Dev Server

JSX Tool’s open-source Dev Server was documented as a bridge between the Chrome extension and a project filesystem, enabling real-time reading and modification of React source code through a scoped WebSocket server.

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Business Model

JSX Tool uses a freemium model: its core IDE and inspector are free, while paid Individual and Organization subscriptions add AI credits and team features. The official pricing lists Individual at $16.67 per month billed annually and Organization at $33.33 per seat per month billed annually; the company also applies a 10% markup to tokens it issues while supporting bring-your-own-key usage.

Products

JSX Tool Chrome extensionJSX Tool Dev Server

Tech Stack

ReactChrome extensionBrowser-based IDELightweight local development serverFilesystem integration

Competitors

LocatorJS
React Developer Tools
StackBlitz WebContainers
react-dev-inspector