How to debug remote v8-based application using Chrome Dev Tools
v8 has its own JSON based remote-debugging protocol and two UI debuggers:console application D8 and a eclipse plugin(hosted at http://code.google.com/p/chromedevtools ) Chrome use WebKit Remote Debugging Protocol including Console, DOM Debugger, ..., Debugger "WebKit Remote Debugging Protocol" is a Google Chrome/Chromium debug protocol. You will find its description at http://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging So is it possible to use the Chrome Dev Tools ships with chrome to debug remote v8-based application? Try Node Webkit Agent for NodeJS version >= 0.6 Node