Simplify your Lemmy & Kbin experience with tools for your instance and communities

Latest Version

Version
1.2.6
Update
October 7, 2023
Size
163KiB
Developer
Category
Users
144
Rating
5 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
Storage
ActiveTab
Scripting
ContextMenus
SidePanel
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Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin Extension

- - - - - Features - - - - -

- Support for Lemmy and Kbin instances, as well as Alexandrite & Photon frontends.

- Post to Lemmy/Kbin:
- Instance Assistant can generate a draft post with autofilled title/link/body
- Use the popup menu for most news sites, videos, and other webpages
- For images, you can rightclick on the image itself

- Search for posts:
- Find and open all posts that have a link to the site you are on. Use it to find posts about news articles, videos, and more

- Search for communities and content without leaving the page:
- You can use the popup menu or sidebar to search for communities (with lemmyverse.net), and for content (with search-lemmy.com)

- Redirect to your home instance:
- When you are on a foreign instance, buttons will be available in the sidebar to open the COMMUNITY, POST, or USER in your home instance, allowing you to participate immediately

- Open links in home instance:
- If you come across a Lemmy/Kbin link anywhere on the web, you can right click to open it in your home instance

- Improved Error Pages:
- 'Community not found' pages now have better information and buttons to trigger a fetch, open the community in the source instance, and more. This also supports alternative front-ends

- Customizable:
- Customize list of instances in the popup/sidebar to let you quickly switch home instances. This is great for if you have multiple accounts on different instances
- You can change the default behaviour of the extension, customize the popup & sidebar menus, and turn off features you don't want to use.


- - - - - I'm new to Lemmy/Kbin, what is all this? - - - - -

Lemmy and Kbin are a part of the Fediverse, a network of interconnected social media platforms that work similar to Reddit. This extension is designed to make it easier to use these platforms and make the most of decentralized social media while mimizing the difficulties that may come with it.

For example, you may make an account on \"https://lemmy.ca\". You may google a community or topic and come across a page on a different instance (ex. \"https://lemmy.ml/c/technology\"). If you want to subscribe to the community, you will need to copy the code ([email protected]), open your home instance, and then paste it into the search page. If you want to comment on the post, you will then need to track it down somehow by scrolling through the community.

This extension will let you jump to the version on your home instance (ex. \"https://lemmy.ca/c/[email protected]\"), allowing you to subscribe and participate immediately.

There are many other features as well, and hopefully many more to come! :)
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin", "short_name": "Inst. Assist", "author": "Cynber", "description": "Simplify your Lemmy & Kbin experience with tools for your instance and communities", "homepage_url": "https://github.com/cynber/lemmy-instance-assistant", "version": "1.2.6", "manifest_version": 3, "icons": { "48": "img/lemming48.png", "128": "img/lemming128.png" }, "permissions": [ "storage", "activeTab", "scripting", "contextMenus", "sidePanel" ], "host_permissions": [ "*://*/communities", "*://*/c/*", "*://*/m/*", "*://*/post/*" ], "action": { "default_popup": "page-popup/popup.html", "default_icon": { "16": "img/lemming16.png", "32": "img/lemming32.png" } }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "*://*/communities", "*://*/c/*", "*://*/m/*", "*://*/post/*", "*://*/u/*" ], "js": [ "node_modules/webextension-polyfill/dist/browser-polyfill.js", "utils.js", "content-sidebar.js", "content-general.js", "content-communityNotFound.js" ], "run_at": "document_end" } ], "background": { "service_worker": "background.js" }, "side_panel": { "default_title": "Instance Assistant", "default_icon": { "16": "img/lemming16.png", "32": "img/lemming32.png" }, "default_path": "page-sidebar/sidebar.html" }}
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How to download and manually install Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin extension file

Select and download the Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Ben D'Angelo (ID: 00000091104386fc) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 09/03/2023 Helps will writing lemmy posts.

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Micah Morrison (ID: 000000cb12e017a9) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 07/07/2023 Much needed extension to improve the experience of using Lemmy.