Archify

What it does

Archify is a free, open-source browser extension that reveals the components, APIs, libraries, and behavior of any web page directly in your browser. By hovering over any element, it detects frameworks (React, Next.js, Vue, Angular, Svelte, etc.), UI libraries (MUI, Ant Design, Tailwind CSS, etc.), analytics pixels, payment processors, CMS, hosting providers, and security scripts — all with confidence scores. It also surfaces third-party scripts that listen on form and payment fields, highlighting potential client-side security risks. All analysis runs 100% locally; no data leaves the browser.

Who it is for

• Frontend engineers who need to trace a bug from a visual symptom to its component and the API behind it.
• QA engineers who want to attach technical context (component, request, status) to bug reports.
• Technical founders who want to read a competitor’s stack, hosting, and architecture from the outside.
• Security-conscious developers who need to see what scripts access form and payment fields on their own or third-party sites.

Why it matters

According to the website, ~58% of developer time goes to understanding code — not writing it (Xia et al., IEEE TSE). 66% of developers say AI-generated code is “almost right, but not quite” (Stack Overflow 2025), and 59% have shipped AI code they didn’t fully understand (Clutch 2025). Archify addresses the bottleneck of understanding applications you didn’t write, meeting developers where they already spend 27% of comprehension time: the browser. Unlike DevTools (implementation), Wappalyzer (technologies), or React DevTools (components), Archify aims to show the system — how the application works.

Launch signal

Archify is available as a Chrome extension and on GitHub under Apache-2.0. It is free, requires no account, and has no telemetry. The website includes a live demo, a detailed feature list, and a comparison with existing tools. The project is by Mohd Salahudeen, who also offers a related product called Glasswatch for continuous client-side monitoring.

Brand and naming

The name 'Archify' is a strong, memorable portmanteau of 'architecture' and 'ify', clearly conveying the product's purpose of revealing software architecture. The tagline 'understand software' is concise and direct, though slightly generic. The domain archify.salahxd.dev is not ideal for a commercial product, but the open-source nature mitigates this. Overall, the naming is effective for a developer tool, with high memorability and clear positioning as a browser extension for understanding web app internals.