Help / About

Browsersync is an open-source project created by Shane Osbourne

Originally supported by JH.

Help

Why isn’t Browsersync connecting with my project?

99% of the time, it's because your web page doesn't have a body tag. In order for Browsersync to connect properly the body tag must be present in your website (we add a script tag just after it). Alternatively you can provide a custom rule for the snippet using snippetOptions

Which mode should I be running in?

• If you have simple HTML, CSS & JavaScript files, you need the server option.
• If you already have an existing server setup (such as an Express app, Mamp, Rails etc, then you need the proxy option.
• If you intend to copy/paste the snippet into your website manually, you use the snippet mode. This is the default mode and is achieved by omitting both the server & proxy options

Where can I report an issue?

If you have found an issue with the Browsersync UI, please use our issue tracker

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Need more assistance? Please try our documentation for user guides or our stackoverflow tag for answers to common problems.

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We'd love for you to contribute to Browsersync and help make it even better than it is today! Please read our contributor guidelines.