Grounding v0.6.0

Grounding v0.6.0

Gates distracting sites (YouTube, Reddit, Instagram, X, TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook) behind a calm, free-form brain dump instead of a productivity test. Type what's on your mind, watch it dissolve, unlock at 50 characters.

Install

Option A — drag-and-drop the .crx

1. Download grounded-v0.6.0.crx below.
2. Go to chrome://extensions, enable Developer mode (top right).
3. Drag the .crx file onto the page and confirm Add extension.

Option B — load unpacked from the .zip

1. Download grounded-v0.6.0.zip below and unzip it.
2. Go to chrome://extensions, enable Developer mode.
3. Click Load unpacked and select the unzipped grounded-v0.6.0 folder.

The extension is on by default — click the toolbar icon to toggle it off/on.

What's in this release

See devlog_v0.6.0.md for the full writeup. Highlights:

• Free-form canvas — zero quotes, zero WPM, zero scores
• Dissolving text engine — each character fades, blurs, and drifts away 1.5s after typing
• 50-character unlock threshold, then the overlay melts away
• Full Shadow DOM isolation (closed root + constructable stylesheet) — immune to host page CSS/CSP
• Roboto Mono bundled inside the extension (Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic)
• Capture-phase keyboard/mouse trapping so host-site shortcuts stay inert while the overlay is up
• Reduced-motion support