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Add Chromium support to web extension

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#25 opened on May 21, 2025

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Description

There is an web-extension compatible with Firefox that can be used for testing until we work on integrating the API directly into the browser. This extension uses the cloneInto function from Firefox to share data between the content and background scripts. This is a Firefox-specific function; Chromium-based browsers have another way of doing this.

Since this is meant to be temporary anyway, I will not work on this personally to focus on other parts of the service, but I would review support for Chrome if someone else implements it.

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Research direction
Study Chrome's content script messaging API and replace Firefox's cloneInto with Chrome's equivalent (e.g., using postMessage or chrome.runtime.sendMessage with JSON serializable objects).
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
authenticationfrontend
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
JavaScriptChrome Extensions API
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
65