Webextensions

Open-source projects categorized as Webextensions

Top 23 Webextension Open-Source Projects

  • violentmonkey

    Violentmonkey provides userscripts support for browsers. It works on browsers with WebExtensions support.

  • Project mention: Detect when your installed Firefox addons have changed owners | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-12

    I recognize that I may be contributing to your "addons have so much power" argument, but I wanted to draw your attention to ViolentMonkey <https://github.com/violentmonkey/violentmonkey#readme> which is stellar for these site-specific customizations (known as User Scripts, of which Greasemonkey was the most famous)

  • webextensions-examples

    Example Firefox add-ons created using the WebExtensions API

  • Project mention: Browser extensions are underrated: the promise of hackable software | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-04

    Check out Firefox examples on github, you’ll like it, I’ve had great experience learning from them to add nifty features to my browser:

    https://github.com/mdn/webextensions-examples

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • ClearURLs-Addon

    ClearURLs is an add-on based on the new WebExtensions technology and will automatically remove tracking elements from URLs to help protect your privacy.

  • Project mention: Implement URL cleaner | /r/signal | 2023-06-10

    Ever heard of the ClearURLs Browser-Addon. It's also available for Firefox for Android.

  • treestyletab

    Tree Style Tab, Show tabs like a tree.

  • Project mention: Firefox Proton UI userChrome.css fixes. (2021) | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-16

    TreeStyleTabs author lists some more elaborate css [1].

    [1] https://github.com/piroor/treestyletab/wiki/Code-snippets-fo...

  • web-ext

    A command line tool to help build, run, and test web extensions

  • read-aloud

    An awesome browser extension that reads aloud webpage content with one click

  • Project mention: Ask HN: Any good (free?) TTS article readers? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-14

    I use the Read Aloud Firefox extension to read newspaper articles and the wandering inn stories. Works well for me. In the configuration there are free and premium voices. I enable Google Translate voice and increase the speed a bit.

    Main repo (website there too, or search on Firefox extensions): https://github.com/ken107/read-aloud

  • news-feed-eradicator

    A browser extension that deletes your news feed and replaces it with a nice quote

  • Project mention: Show HN: No Feed? Unlimited Productivity | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-10-20

    https://github.com/jordwest/news-feed-eradicator/

    (and indeed great)

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • downthemall

    The DownThemAll! WebExtension

  • Project mention: What methods can be used to scrape .torrent files from trackers? | /r/trackers | 2023-06-23

    I resorted to using the downthemall addon in Firefox, but there's no option to set a delay between download attempts and no form of macro support to move between pages in the search results — most trackers only allow loading up to 100 torrents per page, it seems. As a graphical program can't be easily automated, unlike command-line tools.

  • browser-extension-template

    📕 Barebones boilerplate with Parcel 2, options handler and auto-publishing

  • ArrowDL

    ArrowDL (Arrow Downloader) is a download manager for Windows, MacOS and Linux

  • Project mention: Easy way to change download location only for a particular file? | /r/firefox | 2023-05-26

    A Download Manager is something designed to manage downloads.

  • copy-as-markdown

    Copying Link, Image and Tab(s) as Markdown Much Easier.

  • Project mention: Note taking + Save selection to markdown document | /r/firefox | 2023-11-15
  • extension

    🧩 Create cross-browser extensions with no build configuration. (by cezaraugusto)

  • bukubrow-webext

    WebExtension for Buku

  • soundfixer

    A WebExtension that lets you fix sound problems in e.g. YouTube videos

  • github-contribution-color-graph

    Change colors of contribution graph in GitHub.

  • TabArray

    Chrome-like tab groups using private and isolated containers: The ultimate tab manager and groups for Firefox.

  • Project mention: Ask HN: How Do You Deal with Many Browser Tabs? | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-05-21

    I use a combination of add-ons (Firefox) like Tab Session Manager. Containers, where some sites are forced to open only in their own group e.g. Github, which then allows me to hide them from view using Container Tab Groups.

    https://github.com/menhera-org/TabArray

  • Image-Reverse-Search-WebExtension

    WebExtension: Adds an option to the context menu to search with an image on various services.

  • passwords-webextension

    The official browser extension for the Passwords app for Nextcloud.

  • copy-selected-tabs-to-clipboard

    Provides ability to copy title and URL of selected tabs to the clipboard for Firefox 63 and later.

  • fx-private-relay-add-on

    Companion add-on for Firefox Relay. Keep your email safe from hackers and trackers. Make an email alias with one click, and keep your address to yourself.

  • Project mention: Is there a way to default firefox mask to block promotional emails? | /r/firefox | 2023-05-30

    If there's no option for that in your settings, you can open this page and click on New issue to request this feature directly to the people involved with Firefox Relay.

  • I2P-in-Private-Browsing-Mode-Firefox

    I2P in Private Browsing mode for Firefox, built using Webextensions and Contextual Identities

  • Grabby

    A browser extension for downloading files and media from websites (by pouriap)

  • playwright-webextext

    Playwright extensions for tesiting WebExtensions

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Webextension projects? This list will help you:

Project Stars
1 violentmonkey 5,123
2 webextensions-examples 3,953
3 ClearURLs-Addon 3,902
4 treestyletab 3,346
5 web-ext 2,556
6 read-aloud 1,254
7 news-feed-eradicator 1,131
8 downthemall 890
9 browser-extension-template 750
10 ArrowDL 522
11 copy-as-markdown 499
12 extension 398
13 bukubrow-webext 305
14 soundfixer 183
15 github-contribution-color-graph 141
16 TabArray 114
17 Image-Reverse-Search-WebExtension 107
18 passwords-webextension 102
19 copy-selected-tabs-to-clipboard 70
20 fx-private-relay-add-on 63
21 I2P-in-Private-Browsing-Mode-Firefox 55
22 Grabby 29
23 playwright-webextext 14

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