Find webpage discussions on Hacker News and Reddit.
Tolon is a browser extension that helps you find discussions around the pages you're looking at on the web. It works by searching available sources for URL submissions.
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These are the extension's permissions:
"permissions": [
"activeTab",
"storage"
]activeTab:
This is necessary to be able to:
- Find out which tab is currently active.
- Query the webpage URL.
storage:
- Used to persist the extension settings.
You can install the latest version manually, or from the Chrome Web Store. It's expected that the extension is compatible with any Chromium-based browsers.
You can install the latest version from the Firefox Add-ons web site.
git clone https://github.com/rwanyoike/tolon
cd tolon
npm install
echo NODE_ENV=production | tee .env
npm run buildFind the compiled browser extension under dist/.
While viewing a webpage, opening the extension will search available sources for URL submissions (discussion threads) and present a list of results.
Available sources:
- Hacker News (social news)
- Reddit (social news)
- Sample Site (template)
- Icon by Asier Bilbo from Noun Project.
Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.
This project is licensed under the MIT License.