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Sharp was Chrome-only in three places, none of them deep: Firefox has no
extension service worker, needs an add-on ID and a version floor, and answers
runtime messages with a returned promise rather than a claimed channel.

scripts/manifest.mjs derives Firefox's manifest from the one in the repository,
which stays Chrome's so the checkout is still loadable unpacked. The build takes
--target=firefox and compiles a second, complete build into firefox/. The target
is an esbuild constant, so each bundle carries only its own browser's branch --
verified in the minified output. bun run release now produces a zip per target.

Host permissions are the one real behavioural difference. Chrome grants declared
host_permissions at install; Firefox treats them as optional, so until the reader
grants them the content scripts never inject and the provider is unreachable,
which is indistinguishable from a broken extension. The popup checks
permissions.contains for the filtered sites and the configured provider's origin,
says which are missing, and offers a button that asks for exactly those. The
request has to be the first thing the click does, or Firefox rejects it as
outside the user gesture.

Also declares data_collection_permissions, which AMO requires, as websiteContent:
nothing reaches the developer, but post content goes to the provider the reader
chose. web-ext lint reports no errors on the Firefox build.

Two bugs found on the way, both of which bite Firefox harder than Chrome:

  • An orphaned content script reads chrome.runtime.id to notice it has been
    unloaded, inside a promise failure handler. Chrome empties it; Firefox throws,
    which would have turned the handler into an unhandled rejection and left posts
    stuck behind their placeholders forever. orphaned() now absorbs both.
  • The privacy policy listed x.com and the provider APIs but not www.youtube.com,
    which the manifest has requested since YouTube support landed.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added Firefox support, including Firefox-specific builds, temporary add-on installation, and release packages.
    • Added permission prompts for required website access, with clear guidance to grant access and reload tabs.
    • Added support for applying enabled rules on YouTube.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved handling when the extension is reloaded, updated, or removed while a page is open.
    • Improved browser-specific messaging and extension reload guidance.
  • Documentation
    • Updated installation, build, release, contribution, and privacy documentation for Firefox and YouTube support.

Sharp was Chrome-only in three places, none of them deep: Firefox has no
extension service worker, needs an add-on ID and a version floor, and answers
runtime messages with a returned promise rather than a claimed channel.

scripts/manifest.mjs derives Firefox's manifest from the one in the repository,
which stays Chrome's so the checkout is still loadable unpacked. The build takes
--target=firefox and compiles a second, complete build into firefox/. The target
is an esbuild constant, so each bundle carries only its own browser's branch --
verified in the minified output. bun run release now produces a zip per target.

Host permissions are the one real behavioural difference. Chrome grants declared
host_permissions at install; Firefox treats them as optional, so until the reader
grants them the content scripts never inject and the provider is unreachable,
which is indistinguishable from a broken extension. The popup checks
permissions.contains for the filtered sites and the configured provider's origin,
says which are missing, and offers a button that asks for exactly those. The
request has to be the first thing the click does, or Firefox rejects it as
outside the user gesture.

Also declares data_collection_permissions, which AMO requires, as websiteContent:
nothing reaches the developer, but post content goes to the provider the reader
chose. web-ext lint reports no errors on the Firefox build.

Two bugs found on the way, both of which bite Firefox harder than Chrome:

- An orphaned content script reads chrome.runtime.id to notice it has been
  unloaded, inside a promise failure handler. Chrome empties it; Firefox throws,
  which would have turned the handler into an unhandled rejection and left posts
  stuck behind their placeholders forever. orphaned() now absorbs both.
- The privacy policy listed x.com and the provider APIs but not www.youtube.com,
  which the manifest has requested since YouTube support landed.
The 0.3.0 release now carries sharp-0.3.0-firefox.zip alongside the Chrome zip,
which keeps its original name and URL: the published binary predates this branch
and rebuilding it would put different bytes behind a link people have already
downloaded. From 0.4.0 both are named by target.
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The extension now supports separate Chrome and Firefox builds, manifests, release archives, runtime behavior, host-permission requests, and Firefox-specific documentation.

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Firefox target support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Target build and packaging
.gitignore, .prettierignore, package.json, scripts/manifest.mjs, scripts/build.mjs, scripts/release.mjs, tests/manifest.test.ts
Builds accept Chrome or Firefox targets. Firefox uses a generated manifest, a separate output directory, Firefox-specific esbuild settings, and a separate release archive. Packaging derives and validates the required asset list.
Runtime target behavior
src/common/build.ts, src/background/index.ts, src/common/messages.ts, src/x/controller.ts, tests/messages.test.ts
Build-time target selection controls extension-page URLs and message responses. Firefox returns listener promises. Orphaned extension contexts stop the controller, with tests for invalidated runtime states.
Host permission handling
src/common/settings.ts, src/popup/App.tsx, src/popup/GeneralPanel.tsx, privacy-policy.md
The popup detects missing site and provider permissions, requests access, and displays reload guidance. The settings text and privacy policy include browser-neutral and YouTube permission details.
Firefox documentation
CONTRIBUTING.md, README.md
The documentation describes Firefox builds, temporary add-on loading, permissions, releases, manifest generation, validation, and Firefox development commands.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Developer
  participant BuildScript
  participant ManifestHelpers
  participant FirefoxExtension
  participant Popup
  Developer->>BuildScript: run Firefox build
  BuildScript->>ManifestHelpers: derive Firefox manifest and assets
  ManifestHelpers-->>BuildScript: Firefox manifest and asset list
  BuildScript->>FirefoxExtension: write bundled output to firefox/
  FirefoxExtension->>Popup: load target-specific popup
  Popup->>Popup: check required host permissions
  Popup->>FirefoxExtension: request missing permissions
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In `@CONTRIBUTING.md`:
- Line 121: Update the release asset naming guidance around “bun run release” to
document that version 0.3.0 produces sharp-0.3.0.zip without the “-chrome”
suffix, while retaining the existing sharp-<version>-chrome.zip pattern
for releases starting with 0.4.0.

In `@scripts/release.mjs`:
- Line 25: Update the archive-name construction around output so release 0.3.0
omits the target suffix, producing sharp-0.3.0.zip, while versions 0.4.0 and
later retain target suffixes for both archives.

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Comment thread CONTRIBUTING.md
Comment thread scripts/release.mjs
The release script names both archives by target, but 0.3.0 shipped its Chrome
build as sharp-0.3.0.zip before there was a second one, and keeps that name so
the URL people already have goes on working. Say so where a releaser reads it.
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tshmieldev merged commit e8cbc4f into main Sep 14, 2026
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tshmieldev deleted the tshmieldev/firefox branch September 14, 2026 23:16
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