Uncover website technologies with Wappalyzer, a cross-platform utility detecting CMS, ecommerce platforms, web frameworks, web servers, JavaScript libraries & more.
Wappalyzer is an open-source web technology detection utility created by Elbert Alias in 2009. It functions as a browser extension and analyzes web pages to identify technologies a website uses.
When visiting a website, Wappalyzer detects and lists the various applications, frameworks, plugins, platforms and server software used to build, run and host the site. It can identify over 1000 applications including content management systems like WordPress and Drupal, ecommerce platforms like Magento and Shopify, web servers like Apache and Nginx, JavaScript libraries like jQuery and React, analytics tools like Google Analytics and more.
Wappalyzer works passively in the background without interfering with the browsing experience. The extension is available for Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Edge. It also provides API access for scanning technologies on websites programmatically.
Key features include:
Wappalyzer is helpful for developers inspecting sites, advertisers examining ad tracking, analysts evaluating installations and anyone curious about how a website is built. It provides technology insights not available in traditional website inspection tools.
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