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TL;DR

To add whoisbrowsing to Remix, put one script tag in the <head> of the Layout component in app/root.tsx. The root route wraps every page, so the tag loads everywhere.

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Add the tag to app/root.tsx

The Remix docs show the root's Layout export rendering <html>, with <Meta /> and <Links /> in the <head> and <Scripts /> after the children (Remix root route). Add the tag in the head:

// app/root.tsx
import { Links, Meta, Outlet, Scripts, ScrollRestoration } from "@remix-run/react";

export function Layout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
  return (
    <html lang="en">
      <head>
        <meta charSet="utf-8" />
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
        <Meta />
        <Links />
        <script
          src="https://live.whoisbrowsing.com/s.js"
          data-site="YOUR_SITE_ID"
          defer
        />
      </head>
      <body>
        {children}
        <ScrollRestoration />
        <Scripts />
      </body>
    </html>
  );
}

export default function App() {
  return <Outlet />;
}

In JSX the tag closes itself, but it is the same plain tag every guide uses:

<script src="https://live.whoisbrowsing.com/s.js" data-site="YOUR_SITE_ID" defer></script>

React Router v7 in framework mode (Remix's successor) uses the same file, with imports from react-router instead of @remix-run/react. Check the import for your version.

Older Remix without a Layout export

Older Remix apps put <html> in the default export of app/root.tsx. Put the same <script> in that <head>.

Where to get your site ID

Open /try to create a site with no sign-in (you can claim it later), or sign in with Google. You get a site ID to replace YOUR_SITE_ID in the code above. Each website is separate: localhost and production never mix, and www. is the same website as the bare domain.

Remix apps change pages in the browser without a full reload. You do not need extra code: the script follows client-side route changes on its own, so each page a visitor moves to shows up in your live view.

Content-Security-Policy

If your site sends a Content-Security-Policy header, allow the script and its live connection:

script-src https://live.whoisbrowsing.com;
connect-src wss://live.whoisbrowsing.com;

Add these to your existing script-src and connect-src lists instead of replacing them. If you have no CSP, skip this step.

Verify

  1. Deploy, or run your site locally. Use the site ID made for that address, because localhost and production are separate websites.
  2. Open the whoisbrowsing dashboard and click Watch.
  3. Open your site in a Chrome Incognito window or a Safari private window. Your own normal browser is never counted, so a private window is how you test as a visitor.
  4. You should appear as a coloured cursor on your real page, with a line for you in the side panel.

If nothing shows up, check that the tag is in the page source, that the site ID matches the address you opened, and that a CSP or ad blocker is not stopping live.whoisbrowsing.com. See how it works for what is sent, and the privacy page for what is never sent or stored.

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The agent reads the instructions, creates a site, puts the tag in the right file for Remix and gives you a watch link. The full walkthrough is in Install with an AI agent.

More install guides

See every platform on the install page, or jump to Next.js and React. Prefer to try first? Open /try. To see what the tag does, go to the home page.