First, download IpcMan Devtools from Releases and extract.

Next, inject IpcMan Devtools into the target electron app. There are several ways to do this, the simplest of which is to directly modify the entry JavaScript file. We'll take Waves Central as an example.

Open resources folder under app directory. If there's no app folder in it but only app.asar file, run following command to extract app folder:

npx asar extract app.asar app
mv app.asar app.asar.bak

Next, open package.json inside app, you'll see the entrypoint of the app:

{
  // ...
  "main": "src/main.js",
  // ...
}

Open src/main.js and insert the line below at the top of the file:

require('/path/to/downloaded/ipcman.js').ipcManDevtools({})

Finally, directly run the app. Once the app starts, head to http://127.0.0.1/9009 and you'll see the Devtools frontend. Happy hacking!

The ipcMan() function.

Options for ipcMan().

The event handler. Required.

ID detect logic for resoving wrapped request/response of target app. Optional.

Start IpcMan Devtools.

Options for ipcManDevtools(). Same as IpcManConfig but without handler.

MIT