RRefresh Rust/WASM Extentsion for tab refreshing

This is a web extension that is used for auto-refreshing tabs.

This project was started to learn rust and webasm and to create a usable and customizable refreshing extension.

This project is still in a beta state and is being developed.

System Requirements

Only tested/developed for x86_64 Linux

• make
• rustc (tested on 1.60.0-nightly)
• cargo
• wasm-pack

Build

Setup steps

• Install rustup curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
• Select the nightly version of rustc rustup default nightly
• Install wasm-pack cargo install wasm-pack

Build instructions

• Run make to build the release version or make debug to build a dev version.
• Run make package to create the zipped package version of the extension.

Local testing

• Testing via web-ext:
  • npm install --global web-ext
  • make debug
  • Do web-ext run in the top level directory
• Testing via local browser
  • make debug
  • Follow the instructions here