Installation

There are two ways to install Commently.

Option A — Install from Chrome Web Store (Recommended)

Coming soon — submission in progress.

Option B — Install from Source (Developer Mode)

Use this method to run the latest code or contribute to the project.

1. Prerequisites

2. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/ankitpro/commently.git

cd commently

3. Install Dependencies

npm install

4. Build the Extension

Development build (auto-rebuilds on file changes)


npm run dev



OR production build


npm run build

The built extension will be in build/chrome-mv3-dev/ (dev) or build/chrome-mv3-prod/ (prod).

5. Load in Chrome

  1. Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions/
  2. Toggle Developer mode on (top-right corner)
  3. Click Load unpacked
  4. Select the build/chrome-mv3-dev folder
  5. The Commently icon appears in your toolbar ✅
Tip: Pin the extension by clicking the puzzle icon in Chrome's toolbar and pinning Commently.

Updating

If you installed from source, pull the latest changes and rebuild:

git pull

npm install


npm run build

Then click the reload button on chrome://extensions/ next to Commently.

Uninstalling

Go to chrome://extensions/, find Commently, and click Remove.

Next Step

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