https://github.com/automattic/browser-repl

Launch a repl on your command line to any browser in the cloud.
https://github.com/automattic/browser-repl

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Launch a repl on your command line to any browser in the cloud.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/automattic/browser-repl
• Owner: Automattic
• Created: 2014-02-14T00:28:56.000Z (almost 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-01-13T23:52:59.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-04T19:15:17.395Z (9 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 366 KB
• Stars: 733
• Watchers: 127
• Forks: 28
• Open Issues: 9
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: Readme.md
  • Changelog: History.md

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# browser-repl

  CLI utility to set up a remote browser repl.

  ![](https://i.cloudup.com/M9JGEk9wS0.gif)

## How to use

```js

$ npm install -g browser-repl

$ export SAUCE_USERNAME="your username"

$ export SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY="your key"

$ repl ie6

```

Sign up for a free OSS account on [SauceLabs](http://saucelabs.com).

## How it works

  `browser-repl` is built on top of the `wd` module, which is an

  implementation of the webdriver protocol.

  Once a browser session is established,

  [socket.io](http://github.com/learnboost/socket.io) is used to establish

  a persistent connection that works on all browsers as fast as possible.

  The socket.io server is hosted locally, and a reverse tunnel is set up

  with [localtunnel](https://github.com/defunctzombie/localtunnel)

  which gives your computer a temporary URL of the format

  `https://{uid}.localtunnel.me`.

  The lines you enter are subsequently `eval`d.

  A global `window.onerror` hook is also set to capture errors.

  Summoning `repl` with the `-n` argument disables this.

## Contributors

  - [Nathan Rajlich](https://github.com/tootallnate)

  - [Guillermo Rauch](https://github.com/guille)

## License

  MIT - Copyright © 2014 Automattic, Inc.