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BugIT DRE Engine

BugIT DRE Engine

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Plug-and-play local bug capture and replay for any project
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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BugIT DRE Engine — VS Code Extension

One-click local bug capture and replay. No CLI install required — bugit and dre-replay are bundled.

Quick start

  1. Install BugIT DRE Engine
  2. Open your project folder
  3. Run your app normally (backend + frontend)
  4. BugIT sidebar → Record → use your app → Stop & Save → Replay

Monorepos: open the whole repo — BugIT auto-detects backend/ and API ports from .env.

Sidebar

Button Action
Record Attach to running backend (bugit record) or spawn fallback
Stop & Save Save snapshot and open timeline
Force Stop Kill recording/proxy even if hung
Replay Latest Opens the latest snapshot
Load Demo Snapshot Bundled checkout demo

Commands

Command Description
BugIT: Record Start attach-mode recording
BugIT: Stop and Save Stop and open timeline
BugIT: Force Stop Recording Force-kill capture session
DRE: Open Latest Snapshot Load .bugit/latest.dre
DRE: Open Source at Current Event Jump to file:line from source map

Settings (advanced overrides only)

  • bugit.captureRoot — app folder (auto-detected)
  • bugit.publicPort — backend port hint (auto-detected from .env)
  • bugit.bugitBin / bugit.replayBin — override bundled binaries

Publish (maintainers)

npm run package
$env:VSCE_PAT = "your-token"
npx @vscode/vsce publish --no-dependencies
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