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Visual website feedback for locally running apps

Shiproom is a visual feedback tool built for apps running on localhost. Reviewers comment on the live UI; each report can carry the screenshot and technical context needed to act.

Visual feedback that keeps the context

Visual feedback tools let people point at the interface instead of describing it in prose. That only helps if the person fixing the issue also gets enough technical context.

Shiproom captures route and page title, annotation geometry, selected-element metadata, viewport, browser and OS, and failed HTTP requests or JavaScript errors recorded shortly before submission when available.

Four ways these tools attach to your site

Products in this category look similar in a demo and behave very differently in practice, because they hook into your application in fundamentally different ways. Knowing which mechanism a tool uses tells you most of what you need before a trial.

The mechanism also decides who can review. A snippet means shipping code before anyone can comment. An extension means every reviewer installs something. A session link means neither.

  • JavaScript snippet or widget — you embed a script on the page. Works well on a site you already deploy; useless before the first deploy.
  • Browser extension — installed per reviewer. Reaches pages a script cannot, at the cost of asking a client to install software.
  • Proxy canvas — the tool loads your public URL through its own layer and overlays comments. Needs a URL that the vendor's servers can reach.
  • Local review session — a CLI beside your dev server hands out a private link for as long as the session runs. This is Shiproom's model.

Built for the fix, not only the comment

Most tools in this category optimise for collecting and organising comments — boards, statuses, assignees. That is the right design when the same in-house team fixes everything every week.

Shiproom optimises for the handoff instead. Feedback exports as deterministic Markdown or JSON — the same input produces the same document, with no model in the loop — and @shiproom/mcp lets a coding agent read the packet directly. Shiproom is currently free to use, with early-access limits of 3 projects, 100 stored feedback items, and 30 days of feedback history.

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Questions

What is a visual feedback tool?

A visual feedback tool lets reviewers leave comments directly on a live page or screenshot instead of writing long email descriptions. Shiproom does this on a privately shared localhost web app and attaches technical context to each comment.

Is Shiproom free?

Yes. Shiproom is currently free to use, with the early-access limits stated on the pricing page.

Does Shiproom support visual bug reporting?

Yes. Reviewers annotate the live UI; Shiproom can include a screenshot and developer-oriented metadata with the report.