Free resources, Browser extensions

Wappalyzer

Shows which CMS, frameworks, analytics and payment tools any website is built with.

Category
Browser extensions
Cost
Free browser extension, paid plans for bulk lookups
Website
wappalyzer.com

What Wappalyzer is

Open a site, click the icon, and you see the stack: the CMS, the JavaScript framework, the analytics, the CDN, sometimes the email and payment services.

For a studio that is competitive research in one click — you learn what a prospective client already runs on before the first call, and what a competitor chose when they rebuilt.

Good for

  • Finding out what a prospective client’s site is built on
  • Checking what a competitor migrated to
  • Identifying a CMS before quoting on work with it

Worth knowing

  • Detection is inference from what the page exposes, so it is a strong hint, not proof.
  • Bulk and API use is a paid feature; the extension itself is the free part.

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