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Oh and one thing your tool is missing is a browser extension. That is what makes Wappalyzer so much easy to use (and its alternatives like SimilarTech, etc)

It would make my workflow so much more convenient. Instead of logging into an app every single time. Have you thought about building one? I imagine with ChatGPT you can just vibe code one these days!

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I have looked into it but it is hard to build one that works in real-time like Wappalyzer’s. But I will definitely look into it. My only concern is it might reveal my code and the way I detect frontend technologies.

Take a look at WhatRuns though if you are looking for a browser extension. It is also another decent alternative to Wappalyzer

True, you pretty much have to open source your code if you are gonna build a browser extension.

I have tried WhatRuns and it is pretty bare bones. Not useful at all. Wappalyzer’s browser extension is free as well and much better data. It just is missing a lot of data on companies that use backend tools like ChatGPT and Claude, but so far Bloomberry has been pretty useful in that area.

Thanks! And just so you know that I am not biased, Bloomberry isnt the only alternative out there :) https://bloomberry.com/blog/i-tried-6-wappalyzer-alternative...

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