Css Selector Tool
The CSS Selector Tool is a powerful low-code web scraping and data extraction utility designed for developers, QA engineers, and data analysts who need to test and debug CSS selectors efficiently.
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About CSS Selector Tool
Built with Next.js 16, React, TypeScript, and shadcn/ui components, this developer tool provides an interactive interface for selecting elements on any webpage, generating precise CSS selectors, and extracting data with built-in proxy and parsing capabilities. The application features a visual element picker that highlights elements on hover, automatic selector generation with specificity optimization, XPath alternative generation, real-time selector testing and validation, and a built-in proxy system for accessing content behind authentication or geo-restrictions. Users can load any website URL, click to select elements visually, generate and copy optimized CSS selectors, test selectors in real-time with instant feedback, and export extracted data in various formats including JSON and CSV.
The tool is invaluable for web scraping projects where precise element selection is critical, automated testing scenarios requiring reliable element locators, data extraction workflows from dynamic websites, and debugging complex CSS selector issues in production applications. Whether you're building a web scraper, writing automated tests, or troubleshooting element selection issues, this CSS Selector Tool streamlines the process of identifying and validating the right selectors for your needs.
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Free, open source, and ready to ship.
Clone the repo, install dependencies, and start customising. CSS Selector Tool is free and open source: its license is in the repository.
- Clone the CSS Selector Tool repository from GitHub.
- Run
npm installorpnpm installto install all required packages. - Run
npm run devto start the development server and begin customizing. - Check the repository’s README and license before you ship.
Terminal
$ git clone https://github.com/getlinksc/css-selector-tool $ cd css-selector-tool $ npm install $ npm run dev
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Everything you need to know before you ship with CSS Selector Tool.
The CSS Selector Tool is a powerful low-code web scraping and data extraction utility designed for developers, QA engineers, and data analysts who need to test and debug CSS selectors efficiently. It is an open source template in the shadcn.io collection of 215.
CSS Selector Tool is made by Getlinksc, an independent developer; shadcn.io lists it but did not make it. Getlinksc has 1 template in the collection, and the author's page lists them.
The listing tags CSS Selector Tool with Next.js, React and Tailwind. Those are its categories, not a dependency list: the exact packages and versions are in the repository's package.json.
Yes. The CSS Selector Tool page embeds its live demo from tools.link.sc/picker, and links to it so you can open the real deployment before you clone.
The CSS Selector Tool listing was last updated on October 8, 2025. That date is the listing's, not the repository's: check the repository's commits for recent activity.
Clone the repository (git clone https://github.com/getlinksc/css-selector-tool), then follow the README. The CSS Selector Tool page shows the usual steps and a terminal block with the commands to copy.
Install dependencies with npm install or pnpm install, then run npm run dev. The README in the CSS Selector Tool repository says which package manager and environment variables it needs.
No. CSS Selector Tool is cloned from its own GitHub repository, so shadcn.io isn't involved. Browsing the page and its live demo need no account either; Pro adds the premium templates, the blocks and the MCP server.
CSS Selector Tool is tagged Next.js, so it deploys wherever a Next.js app does, such as Vercel, a Node.js server or a container. Its README may add steps for its own services.
The CSS Selector Tool listing doesn't record a license. Check the LICENSE file in its repository (https://github.com/getlinksc/css-selector-tool), and ask the author if there isn't one.
That depends on CSS Selector Tool's license in its repository, which shadcn.io does not set. Read the LICENSE file before you use it in a client or paid project, and ask the author if it is unclear.
Attribution follows CSS Selector Tool's license. Many permissive licenses ask you to keep the copyright notice and license text in your copy; its LICENSE file says exactly what.
No. The Pro license covers shadcn.io's own Pro code, blocks and premium templates. CSS Selector Tool is the author's project, under the terms in its repository.
Getlinksc supports CSS Selector Tool, through its GitHub repository: read the docs, open an issue or look for discussions. shadcn.io does not maintain it.
Yes. Once you clone it, CSS Selector Tool is your own code: change the theme, add pages and connect your backend. It uses shadcn/ui, so you can also add more components the same way.
Yes. Components are free with a free account and the blocks are in Pro; both are copied into your project with the shadcn CLI. Check that CSS Selector Tool uses Tailwind CSS and the shadcn/ui setup (a components.json) before you add them, and pick the base library your project already uses.
Yes, with Pro. The shadcn.io MCP server's search_templates tool finds templates by what they are, and returns each one's repository and live demo, so your editor can set up CSS Selector Tool for you. Your files stay on your machine.
The collection has 151 other open source Next.js templates like CSS Selector Tool, shown at the foot of its page with the ones sharing most categories first. All of them are at /template/category/nextjs.
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