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Detox v0.1.0 (Public Beta)

Welcome to the first public beta release of Detox — a privacy-focused browser extension that helps you remove specific digital distractions without blocking entire websites. Everything runs locally in your browser with no accounts, subscriptions, or tracking.

Features

  • YouTube Channel Blocking: Block channels by handle, ID, or name. Hidden from recommendations, search results, and sidebars, with direct visits redirected to a block screen.

  • Hide Distractions:

    • YouTube Shorts & Home Feed
    • Instagram Reels & Explore Page

  • Daily Time Budgets: Set active daily limits for distracting websites. Tracking is idle-aware and access is blocked once limits are reached.

  • Privacy First: All settings and usage data are stored locally using chrome.storage.local.

  • Import & Export: Back up or transfer settings and screen-time history (30 days, 60 days, or all time) via JSON.

Technical Highlights

  • Lightweight CSS-based content hiding for better performance.
  • MV3-compatible active time tracking with safe service worker state persistence.
  • Built with Vanilla JavaScript, HTML, and Tailwind CSS.
  • Includes a mock preview/testing environment for development outside the extension context.

Installation

Chrome / Edge / Brave / Opera

  1. Download and extract the release ZIP.
  2. Open chrome://extensions/.
  3. Enable Developer mode.
  4. Click Load unpacked and select the project folder.

Firefox

  1. Download and extract the release ZIP.
  2. Open about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox.
  3. Click Load Temporary Add-on....
  4. Select manifest.json.

Developer Command

npm run build

Feedback, bug reports, and suggestions are welcome on the Detox Extension GitHub repository.

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