ThumbTack

A Google Chrome extension that automatically pins tabs based on the URL

This extension was heavily inspired by the URL Pinner extension. Unfortunately it seems as though that extension is no longer compatible with the latest versions of Chrome, and I wanted an excuse to develop an extension.

Usage

• Chrome: Install the extension from here.
• Firefox: TBD

Options

The options page is straightforward. Add a rule, select the matching behavior, and then enter either a URL, domain, or regular expression to match against.

If a tab loads a URL that matches any of your rules, it will be automatically pinned. If you later unpin that tab, it will stay that way.

Options are stored via chrome.storage.sync, so they should sync to your Google account across multiple Chrome installs.

Force Pin

Clicking the extension icon will force pin all tabs that match a rule, even if that tab has previously been unpinned.

Development

Node.js and npm are required for building this extension. Optionally, you can use yarn instead of npm.

This extension uses the following libraries at runtime:

• ReactJS
• Styled Components
• Immer

For development / building:

• Babel
• Typescript
• Webpack

Building the extension

1. Clone this repo
2. Run yarn or npm install
3. Run yarn build or npm run build

The extension output will be in ./dist

Running in dev mode

Running yarn dev or npm run dev will start up webpack in "watch" mode. Changes to files in ./src will be automatically re-compiled and bundled.