dotjs

This project is archived and no longer mainted. Check out its successor, which is way better and runs on all platforms: Witchcraft dotjs dotjs is a Google Chrome extension that executes JavaScript files in ~/.js based on their filename. If you navigate to http://www.google.com/, dotjs will execute ~/.js/google.com.js. This makes it super easy to spruce up your favorite pages using JavaScript. On subdomains such as http://gist.github.com dotjs will try to load ~/.js/gist.github.com.js as well as ~/.js/github.com.js and ~/.js/com.js. Bonus: files in ~/.js have jQuery 1.9 loaded, regardless of whether the site you're hacking uses jQuery. Double bonus: ~/.js/default.js is loaded on every request, meaning you can stick plugins or helper functions in it. GreaseMonkey user scripts are great, but you need to publish them somewhere and re-publish after making modifications. With dotjs, just add or edit files in ~/.js. Example $ cat ~/.js/github.com.js // swap github logo with trollface $('a[class^=header-logo-]').html( $('<img>') .attr('src', '//bit.ly/ghD24e') .css({'width': 'auto', 'height': '22px'}) ); How It Works Chrome extensions can't access the local filesystem, so dotjs runs a tiny web server on port 3131 that serves files out of ~/.js. You don't have to worry about starting or stopping this web server because we put a pretty great plist into ~/Library/LaunchAgents that handles all that for us. The dotjs Chrome extension then makes ajax requests to http://localhost:3131/convore.com.js any time you hit a page on convore.com, for example, and executes the returned JavaScript. Requires OS X Ruby 1.8 rake (gem install rake) Google Chrome /usr/local/bin in your $PATH Install it git clone http://github.com/defunkt/dotjs cd dotjs rake install Now open https://localhost:3131 in Chrome and follow these steps: Click the "X" Padlock icon in the address bar Click "Certificate Information" Drag the large cert icon to your desktop Open it with Keychain Configure its Trust section as shown: http://cl.ly/Pdny Finally install the Google Chrome extension: http://bit.ly/dotjs Uninstall it rake uninstall Credits Icon: http://raphaeljs.com/icons/ jQuery: http://jquery.com/ Ryan Tomayko for: "I almost wish you could just stick JavaScript in ~/.js. Do you know what I'm saying?" Linux dotjs-ubuntu Windows dotjs-universal Other Browsers Firefox Add-on Safari Extension Fluid UserScript