Tolon Browser Extension

Find webpage discussions on the web. (e.g. Hacker News, Reddit)

Tolon (토론) 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.

Installation | Usage | Attribution | Contributing | License | Similar Extensions

Installation

These are the extension's permissions:

"permissions": [
  "activeTab"
]

activeTab:

This is necessary to be able to:

• Find out which tab is currently active.
• Query the webpage URL.

Chromium

You can install the latest version from the Chrome Web Store. It's expected that the extension is compatible with any Chromium-based browsers.

Firefox

You can install the latest version from the Firefox Add-ons web site.

Usage

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
• Reddit
• Sample Site (template)

Build

To build the browser extension:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/rwanyoike/tolon-browser-extension.git
# Navigate to the project directory
cd tolon-browser-extension
# Install the dependencies
npm install
# Build the browser extension
npm run build

Find the browser extension under dist/.

Attribution

• Icon by Asier Bilbo from Noun Project.

Related Projects

• Discussed Elsewhere
• Newsit