openDevApps v1.0

After the last beta version, a first production version is released today and is available on AMO (addons.mozilla.org)!

You can install it via AMO or via the Assets zone (like in every release). The extension will now update itself at each release.

Main features

• Open quickly the links you have set. All HTTP links are valid. (localhost:8056, 127.0.0.1, 192.168.11.45:80/app, app.local, https://github.com/about).
• Manage the links and categories (to create and delete).
• Separate links by categories (categories can be projects, life domains, perso/pro, ...) to keep the lists short, on-topic and to find the links you are looking for more quickly.

Fixes/Additions

Since the last beta version, a few issues have been closed:

• #1 Mouse focus | thanks to @EGiorgisCPNV for this bug on MacOS.
• #4 Enhance the interface to make it clearer | It should be easier to understand how to use the features and differentiate each part in the settings.
• #7 HTTP links are not validated at creation | There is a basic validation implemented with a regular expression. When a link is detected as invalid, a red message appears at the top (#9).

Screenshots

Privacy

The privacy policy has been written and is available here.

openDevApps v1.0 Beta 1

Hi, this is the very first release of openDevApps !

Release v1.0-beta1 is the beta release preceding the v1.0.

But what is openDevApps ?

This is an opensource web extension licensed under GNU GPLv3, that let you open quickly local or remote development-related apps, through a small list of links. It's dedicated to developers who want to open their web apps faster. (No more need to type entire URL, or search in the bookmarks, or regularly search the same link in emails). Only available for Firefox Desktop 57.0+.

I spent more than 20 hours to build it and learned a lot. It would be cool if other developers could test it, give feedback, report bugs (and even propose new ideas) in the issues, and then start to use it when the version 1.0 will be available ! Leave a star if you think the extension deserves it.

To install it, just click on the opendevapps-1.0.1-fx.xpi (at the bottom of this page, under Assets), then Continue to installation, and then Add (works only in Firefox).
If you want to build the extension yourself, look at the README. A version 1.0 is coming soon and will be available on AMO (addons.mozilla.org). For the moment, there is no auto update of beta versions, so if you want to test future beta versions, or just be informed when v1.0 is out, subscribe to releases notifications or checkout the repos in a moment.

New features

• Open quickly the links you have set. All HTTP links are valid. (localhost:8056, 127.0.0.1, 192.168.11.45, app.local, remote.com). Links like about:addons or file:///C:\... are not supported due to Firefox restrictions.
• Manage the links and categories (creation and deletion).
• Separate links by categories (categories can be projects, life domains, perso/pro, ...) to keep the lists short, on-topic and to find the links you are looking for more quickly.

Other features are planned for future versions...

Screenshots

Privacy

The data stored are the ones you chose to provide (and the generated identifiers):

• links (id, link, name, local)
• categories (id, name, id links included)
• config (default language, last id inserted for categories and links).

Data stored in your browser storage are synced between your browsers connected to your Firefox Sync Account (if you have one). These data belong to you and are never shared with the authors of the extension or with any other third parties. No analytic data, no telemetry, forever. The complete privacy policy will be available with the v1.0.

Samuel Roland