Restart Browser Plus

Advanced browser restart extension with tab restoration and customizable options

📥 Download

🔄 Download from Chrome Web Store

✨ Features

• 🔄 Instant Browser Restart - Restart your browser with a single click
• ⏰ Timed Browser Restart - Schedule restarts with customizable countdown timer
• 📑 Tab Restoration - Automatically restore all your tabs after restart
• ⚙️ Customizable Settings - Fine-tune restart behavior and appearance
• 📁 URL Folder Management - Organize and manage your favorite URLs
• 🎯 Focus URL - Set specific URL to focus on after restart
• 📊 Countdown Display - Visual countdown timer with multiple position options

🛠️ Development Setup

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v14 or higher) 📦
• npm or yarn 🧶

Installation

1. Clone this repository

   git clone https://github.com/jeevan-lal/Restart-Browser-Plus.git
   cd Restart-Browser-Plus

2. Install dependencies

   npm install

🚀 Development Commands

Command	Description	Emoji
npm run watch	Watch mode for development	👀
npm run build	Build for production	🏗️
npm run zip	Create distribution zip	📦
npm run clean	Clean build directory	🧹

Quick Start

# Development mode with auto-rebuild
npm run watch

# Production build
npm run build

# Create distributable zip
npm run zip

📁 Project Structure

src/
├── 🎯 background.js      # Service worker
├── 🪟 popup.js          # Popup script
├── ⚙️ options.js        # Options page script
├── ⏰ countdown.js      # Countdown content script
├── 🔄 keepalive.js      # Keep-alive content script
├── 🪟 popup.html        # Popup interface
├── ⚙️ options.html      # Options page interface
├── 🎨 styles.css        # Styles
├── 📋 manifest.json     # Extension manifest
└── 🖼️ icons/           # Extension icons

🚀 Loading in Chrome

1. Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions/
2. Enable "Developer mode" 🔧
3. Click "Load unpacked" and select the dist/ directory (after running npm run build)

📖 Usage

🪟 Popup Interface

• Restart Now 🔄 - Immediate browser restart
• Timer Settings ⏰ - Set hours, minutes, and seconds for delayed restart
• Stop Timer ⏹️ - Cancel scheduled restart

⚙️ Options Page

Settings Tab

• Countdown Position 📍 - Customize timer display location
• Action URLs 🔗 - Manage URLs to open on restart
• Focus URL 🎯 - Set specific URL to focus

URL Folders Tab

• Create Folders 📁 - Organize URLs into folders
• Manage Folders 🗂️ - Edit and delete URL folders
• Folder Selection ✅ - Choose folders for restart actions

🔐 Permissions

Permission	Purpose	Icon
tabs	Manage browser tabs	📑
storage	Save extension settings	💾
alarms	Schedule timed restarts	⏰
activeTab	Access current tab	🎯
windows	Manage browser windows	🪟

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! 🎉

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Development Guidelines

• 📝 Follow existing code style
• 🧪 Test your changes thoroughly
• 📚 Update documentation if needed
• 🐛 Report bugs using GitHub Issues

📄 License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

👨‍💻 Author

C Tech Hindi - GitHub

📧 Contact: ctechhindi@gmail.com

🌟 Support

If you find this project helpful, please consider:

• ⭐ Starring the repository
• 🐛 Reporting bugs
• 💡 Suggesting new features
• 🤝 Contributing code

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