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id: stetho
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title: Stetho Guidance
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sidebar_label: Stetho Guidance
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---
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In 2015, Facebook (now Meta) introduced [Stetho](http://facebook.github.io/stetho/), an Android debugging bridge built on top of [Chrome DevTools](https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/). While it was a valuable tool to members of the community, it was felt that it was limited in what could be achieved with it. Stetho is Android-only and while Chrome DevTools (which was built for Web Developers) provides a nice foundation to build upon, their capability was also limited.
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Flipper has been built as a standalone app that provides functionality such as handling adb connections and supporting iOS, which weren't easily achievable with Stetho.
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Flipper has been built to create a platform that provides all the flexibility needed to build more advanced features and support for iOS. One of Flipper's core concepts is its extensibility using [plugins](tutorial/intro.mdx). Plugins are written in React and provide a set of ready-to-use UI components that allow Developers to build great plugin UIs with a few lines of code. While offering many new features, Flipper also already covers most of the features provided by Stetho, such network and layout inspection and an advanced log viewer.
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Meta is committed to continuously improving Flipper with new features and plugins.
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Meta is aware that not all Stetho features are currently supported by Flipper. If you are using a particular feature of Stetho which isn't supported by Flipper, please post details of your use case in the [Flipper Support](https://fb.workplace.com/groups/flippersupport) Workplace group. Meta is confident that Flipper will work well for most use cases and are more than happy to accept contributions from the open-source community.
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Stetho will continue to be used, enabling you to choose the tool that fits your needs best.
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