For those of you that are unfamiliar, Firebug is an extension for Firefox that lets you do real debugging of javascript. It’s an excellent tool that doesn’t have a match anywhere in terms of ease of use and power.

Joe Hewitt, the creator of Firebug, has announced that he’s going to keep the product as Open Source software. He’s worked full-time on creating this product for a few months now, so his decision to keep it open source is really great for the software community. He is accepting donations, however.

So head on over there, grab the beta, and think about giving him a donation for his hard work.