How can I open react-devtools?

Question

I am trying to install and run react-devtools. I am following this guide to do that: https://github.com/facebook/react-devtools/blob/master/packages/react-devtools/README.md

The install seems to go ok:

To verify it installed correctly I do this command:

And I go to that directory and verify there is a folder called react-devtools.

To open the tools the docs indicate I should do this:

Back in my project directory I run this command:

And it says command not found. So it looks like I have installed the devtools, but I am unable to open them. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Maybe this is what you want

Fix not run react-devtools

Option 1:

npm uninstall -g react-devtools
npm uninstall -g electron
npm install -g --verbose react-devtools

Option 2: (Fix in Linux, MacOSX)

sudo npm install -g react-devtools --unsafe-perm=true

Refer: react-devtools-command-not-found

Answer 2

if you want to run project level only do the following steps

1. Install using yarn add --dev react-devtools
2. Run yarn run react-devtools