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Subreddit Highlighter

Subreddit Highlighter is a browser extension that highlights posts on the reddit home page from subreddits you specify, you can even customize the color of the highlight (impressive I know).

Developed with Tailwind CSS and Parcel.

Dependencies

  • Node.js v19.1.0
  • npm v9.1.2
  • zip (optional: to zip the extension for publishing)

Development

  • After cloning the repository, run npm install to install the dependencies.

  • Run npm run watch, Parcel will execute an initial build of the extension and then watch for changes to the source files, rebuilding on each change. The extension will be built to the dist directory.

  • Enable developer mode on the top left of your menage extensions page (chrome://extensions/), click load unpacked and select the dist folder. Changes to the extension will usually be automatically loaded, if for whatever reason this doesn't happen, you can reload the extension by clicking the reload button.

  • When you're ready to build the extension, run npm run build.

  • To zip the extension, run npm run zip.

Installation

Chrome Web Store

You can install the extension from the Chrome Web Store!

Manual Installation

You can follow the development instructions above to install the extension manually, just ignore the npm run watch section.