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24,912TypeScriptAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5Setup · easy

TL;DR

Responsively App is a desktop browser that shows your website on multiple device screen sizes simultaneously, mirroring clicks and scrolls across all previews so you can test responsive layouts in one window.

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  root((Responsively))
    What it does
      Multi-device preview
      Mirrored interactions
      Responsive testing
    Features
      30 plus device profiles
      Shared inspector
      Bulk screenshots
      Hot reload
    Setup
      Electron desktop app
      Browser extension
      Mac Windows Linux
    Audience
      Frontend developers
      UI designers
      QA testers

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Test a web page's layout on phone, tablet, and desktop screens all at once without resizing a browser window.

REASON 2

Click through a multi-step user flow once and see how it behaves across 30+ device profiles simultaneously.

REASON 3

Take a single screenshot that captures your page on all screen sizes at once for design review or a client presentation.

REASON 4

Inspect and debug CSS across multiple viewports with a shared element inspector.

What's in the stack?

TypeScriptElectron

How it stacks up

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Stars24,91224,89924,998
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScriptTypeScript
Setup difficultyeasymoderatehard
Complexity2/53/54/5
Audiencedevelopergeneralvibe coder

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Wtf does this do

Responsively App is a desktop browser built specifically for web developers who need to test how their websites look across different screen sizes, phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops, all at the same time. Normally, testing responsive design (designing websites that adapt to different screen widths) means repeatedly resizing your browser window or using browser developer tools to simulate different devices one at a time. Responsively shows multiple device previews simultaneously in a single window. The key feature is mirrored interactions: when you click, scroll, or type in one device preview, all the others do the same thing simultaneously, so you can test a user flow across all screen sizes without repeating every action multiple times. It comes with 30+ built-in device profiles (iPhone, iPad, various Android phones, etc.) and lets you add custom ones. There's a shared element inspector across all devices, one-click screenshots of all previews at once, and hot reloading (the page updates automatically as you change your code). A companion browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge lets you send URLs from your regular browser directly to the app. You'd use this during front-end web development whenever you need to ensure a page or component looks right on multiple screen sizes. It's free, built with Electron (a framework for building desktop apps with web technologies), and available for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
I'm using Responsively App to test my landing page. Two device previews show a broken hamburger menu but others look fine. How do I debug a responsive CSS issue that only appears on certain breakpoints?
Prompt 2
Help me add a custom device profile to Responsively App for a specific tablet resolution my client uses.
Prompt 3
Show me how to use the Responsively browser extension to instantly open the page I'm viewing in Chrome inside Responsively App.
Prompt 4
Write a step-by-step checklist for using Responsively App to do a full responsive QA pass on a new marketing landing page before launch.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is responsively-app?

Responsively App is a desktop browser that shows your website on multiple device screen sizes simultaneously, mirroring clicks and scrolls across all previews so you can test responsive layouts in one window.

What language is responsively-app written in?

Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript, Electron.

How hard is responsively-app to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is responsively-app for?

Mainly developer.

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