WhatRuns for Firefox

WhatRuns is a neat, little development tool that should come in handy for any web developer or user who's job implies running web competition analysis or website profiling tasks by offering a convenient way of identifying what web technologies run a website.

Speaking of convenience, note that WhatRuns is available in the form of browser extensions for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. The extensions are practically identical, but we're going to focus on the Firefox version in this review.

Getting to grips with this tool couldn't be any easier. Simply deploy it on your computer's Firefox browser from its official Add-ons page, visit any given website, and click the extension's icon.

Since the analysis is almost instant, you should be greeted without delay by a condensed and modern-looking user interface which displays the so-called technologies in a very intuitive and organized manner.

Even more exciting is the fact that the extension is capable of providing you with a lot more information regarding each particular technology without requiring more than a simple mouse click on your part. You'll be pleased to hear that website themes and fonts haven't been overlooked either.

To find out more about any component, simply hover the cursor over it and click the "Know More" tooltip. Each technology has its dedicated WhatRuns page which includes a comprehensive list of all the websites that are currently using it, sorted by popularity.

To conclude, WhatRuns is a without a doubt a very efficient and useful tool that should find its way into most web developers' browsers. It's available for the two most popular browsers out there, it's easy to install, incredibly easy to work with, it looks great, it's lightweight on resources and, best of all, it's free.