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## Debugging with an external development environment (IDE)

Mozilla provides a [Debug Adapter for Firefox](https://www.npmjs.com/package/firefox-debugadapter) that implements the [Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP)](https://microsoft.github.io/debug-adapter-protocol/). This adapter enables debug integration with any IDE that supports DAP.

At the time of writing, September 2025, these integrations are available:

- Visual Studio Code [Debugger for Firefox](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=firefox-devtools.vscode-firefox-debug)—this extension is maintained by the [Firefox DevTools](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/publishers/firefox-devtools) team.
- [Eclipse Wild Web Developer : 🌐 Web dev in Eclipse IDE 🌘](https://github.com/eclipse-wildwebdeveloper/wildwebdeveloper/)

In addition, other DAP adapters have been reported to work, such as debugging in [Neovim](https://neovim.io/), using [nvim-dap](https://github.com/mfussenegger/nvim-dap).

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