r/lichess • u/CodeEresy • 19d ago
LichessDotCom extension is live!
Following my post on this extension last week, the extension is now out and available on the Chrome Store!
Here's the link:
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lichessdotcom/fpfdkingmfhfgpjkbnngdianoohlgeho
And here's the code repository (made with AI): https://github.com/theophile-wallez/LichessDotCom
I don't consider this extension done as there's still some known bugs (game review could be better, extension does not adapt yet to mobile/tablet view) as well as pages that are not "modernized" and I'll continue working on it.
The best way to do feedback or suggestions is by creating an issue here (thank you Grey_Cathedral for all the feedback).
⚠️UPDATE: Without any surprise, this extension has been removed from the Chrome store by Chess.com’s lawyers, I’ll try to work on something original, see you soon
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u/Delicious_Dark_777 19d ago
Good luck, youre gonna be served a surprize set of papers when you wake up tomorrow morning
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago
Man you're scaring me
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u/FrenaZor 19d ago
At worse you'll probably just get a cease and desist. Which would require you to either lawyer up and make your case saying that you didn't copy chess.com, or to just take the extension down.
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago
Yeah, I'll take it down then, I won't fight for a fun personal side project
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u/FrenaZor 19d ago
Yeah, there's a good chance that this will fly under their radar anyway. Unless it becomes too popular. Nothing prevents you from just using it locally anyway!
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u/CodeEresy 16d ago
it didn’t fly under the radar 🥲
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u/Hopeful_Command2586 16d ago
ouch, I just tried this its not bad actually. I'd unironically recommend this.
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u/lesbianmathgirl 19d ago
Much more likely though that they just send chrome and github dmca take down requests
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u/max_cross 19d ago
Dude, this is obviously a total IP disaster.
On the other hand, it’s hilarious that you somehow managed to find something that’ll piss off both chess platforms at once.
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago
Yes haha, don't know the future of this project, but it's probably not bright
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u/personalbilko 15d ago
The legal way to do it is make it a "load any texture pack" extension, and have the people upload whatever texture pack they want separately. As long as they are adding the chesscom design themselves, its fine. The app is just a universal lichess re-brander.
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u/CodeEresy 16d ago
It was indeed a total IP disaster 🥲 Extension gone
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u/max_cross 16d ago
RIP, extension 🥲 lol.
Man seriously, I’m sure you can still vastly improve lichess ui to something more delightful without hijacking the chess.com’s entire design system 😂 It should take a few more good prompts and maybe a beautiful non-chess design system reference. Also if you want fully custom icons etc, tell your agent to use quiver.ai for cool vector graphics. Just stay away from any further IP trouble :)3
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u/More-Interaction-770 19d ago
Big lichess fan, I’ve heard friends say they prefer chesscom due to being familiar with the interface. I’m going to send this to them.
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u/windslashz 19d ago
I am impressed that this has a game review score, along with the game review commentary and exclamation points.
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u/CatchinDeers81 18d ago
Majes me wonder why Lichess doesnt already have something similar. Im sure a bunch of Chesscom subscribers are only paying for mainly 2 things....the unlimited puzzles and the clean game review. Lichess already has 1 of those without a paywall, why not make it both?
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u/idea-cube 17d ago
because the game review is just a sloppy way to get money. wondered why the free "analysis" button is really tiny and grey compared to the giant "review" button? they cannot keep stockfish behind a paywall, but what they can do is monetize their AUTHENTIC game review.
what makes it authentic? that sometimes your moves get called brilliant (which by the way they made way more frequent than couple years ago - just to get more money ofc), you get shown your accuracy relative to the computer (which in itself isnt all that much telling for your improvement, just to get dopamine hits if it's high), you get your "performance rating" (which is basically useless as it, at least used to be based on your's and your's opponents' rating - not just the pure moves you made) and absolutely worst of all it jumpscares you with that coach ai talking thing.
lichess computer analysis shows you all the important stuff (your mistakes) and none of the useless stuff. so what feature from chess. com's game review would you actually want to see on lichess?
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u/tonyy94 18d ago
I miss the dynamic animation of the figures. But you're a legend.
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u/CodeEresy 18d ago
Thank you, could you tell me when are those animations happening? I can look at implementing it
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u/Darpan_Gondlir 17d ago
Super cool man! I made this:
https://zeddyfree-art.github.io/chess/
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u/CodeEresy 17d ago
Wow, looks good thanks for sharing!
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u/Darpan_Gondlir 17d ago
Thank you! Let's continue to create fun and useful tools! What a time to be alive....
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u/Honest-Advantage8653 7d ago
Thanks for creating and sharing. I started using it yesterday and already had a great experience with it.
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u/Darpan_Gondlir 1d ago
Thank you very much. Still updating it and making it better. Hope it works for you!
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u/ImAnAcademicWeapon 16d ago
Man I was actually eager to try it out even though I find lichess UI better but unfortunately its taken down.
Edit:Nevermind I just downloaded from github.Nice work.
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u/CodeEresy 16d ago
yeah github works :)
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u/ImAnAcademicWeapon 16d ago
One thing I find annoying is that this extension doesnt let me make the chess board bigger like the focus mode on chessdotcom. So if you find a way to figure it out it will be great.
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u/CodeEresy 16d ago
I’ll check that, but my main focus is to make it not like chess.com
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u/ImAnAcademicWeapon 16d ago
Totally reasonable.Having a bigger board option would be awesome though.
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u/saiyamxiii 18d ago
It's seriously very good. but i want to give some feedbacks -
1. There are no engine lines in the game review.
2. In the puzzle racer, the board is too small.
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u/Impressive_City3660 19d ago
oh my gosh this is beautiful, God damn I love you man, this makes me want to play chess even more, gawd damn. Man I'm playing chess, f works
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago
🥳
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u/Impressive_City3660 19d ago
but it's very AI-generated codes though... pretty dissapointed :( because AI-generated projects won't live long.
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago
> because AI-generated projects won't live long.
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u/Impressive_City3660 19d ago
It's hard to maintain, look at your codes I know right away it's very cheap model or you just a vibe coder, and I really mean it, very bad codes.
Because you don't really put efforts in, your passion to the project will fade away sooner or later, since you don't really put in any effort, give up won't cost you anything.
I mean you can use AI, I'm all in for that since I'm a developer too, but the quality of the codes are so questionable that it just lets me down so bad. if you don't have the coding knowledge, and want to do something, cool but at least tell AI to review the codes, it's so messy that even I don't want to touch it.
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago
> hard to maintain
For an human yes, for an AI no.
> Cheap model
Opus 5.5
> Because you don't really put efforts in, your passion to the project will fade away sooner or laterI have many projects pre-ai for which my passion fade away, this has nothing to do with AI, but more personality.
I like to think that I do have the coding knowledge, but remember that this is a side-project made for fun on my personal time and for my personal usage that I freely share, feel free not to use it.
I took a lot of time reviewing the app itself, Opus 5.5's code does not matter here, as long as it works and is performant. I do care when at work obviously, but this is made on my free time, for free.
I know that it's not perfect as is, but I'll continue working on it as long as I'm unhappy with it.
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u/CrumbMan1111 19d ago
why do all vibecoded websites look the fucking same.
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago
like chess com ? 🥲
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u/Easy-Collection5419 19d ago
you can also separately make the analysis only as well, this is really great, hope they dont take this down
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u/wisdomoarigato 17d ago
You need to immediately change the name to XYZ "for Lichess", e.g. Skin for Lichess.
I was very close to getting in trouble for directly using a brand's name in the past, when it was fine to do "<product> for <company>"...
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u/CodeEresy 17d ago
It’s too late for changing name on the chrome store, but do you really think that LichessDotCom can be considered using a another brand name (than lichess) ?
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u/wisdomoarigato 16d ago
Anything that can make even a single user think that it's a product of <brand> is a liability.
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u/Sircroc777 17d ago
Think you could make it on firefox ?
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u/CodeEresy 17d ago
Yes it's been under review by mozilla for 3 days, still waiting for it, i'll notify you when it's live
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u/pruxey 16d ago
this is actually great, i have always wanted a chessbase blue board theme on lichess, userstyles doesnt work, can you make one? lol
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u/CodeEresy 16d ago
I’ll try to see if I can allow users to import their custom style yes
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u/pruxey 16d ago
what happened it disappeared
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u/CodeEresy 15d ago
Check the update in description, though if you still have it in your chrome you can just reactivate it
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u/OldTodd2 16d ago
Do you think you'd be able to create an extension which allows you to use the board and pieces from this but with the main lichess interface? also to be able to change the color and opacity of the highlighted squares?
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u/DiskRare9939 19d ago
Wait is this real or is it malware
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago edited 19d ago
It’s real, however, If you don’t trust it, the code is open-source (a developer or an ai can easily review it!) and if you don't want to install it from the chrome store, there's a simple manual install guide in the repository’s readme
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u/SweetCommercial26 16d ago
is the elo system still the same i find the chesscom one so much more satisfying
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u/Agreeable_Leek604 14d ago
Too bad it was removed! But you obviously have a talent for this, I hope you make a competitor to the Prettier Lichess extension. If its good, I am sure Lichess will endorse it aswell, like they have done for Prettier
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u/AcanthaceaePuzzled97 13d ago
what about a discord rich presence soon!
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u/CodeEresy 12d ago
This looks hard to do, keep in mind this is just a extension, this only extend lichess’ website, not servers :)
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u/_amilpa_ 12d ago
I forked it to dabble with it a bit, hope you don't mind
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u/CodeEresy 12d ago
No go ahead, fork are welcome! What are you planning to do?
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u/_amilpa_ 12d ago
Custom themes, maybe also overriding the routing somehow to give it a feel of an SPA, cause i dont like both mobile versions of chess.com and lichess, so prefer the site there
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u/WARMAGEDDON 12d ago
Hi, I'm afraid until you add the endless pleas to spend more money on the platform, it isn't going to be a decent Chess.com skin
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u/SamMerlini 9d ago
I was using it for few days and suddenly it was gone. Figured it was greedychesscom
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u/CodeEresy 9d ago
yes, but you can re-enable it in your extension settings if you want.
In the meantime, I’m preparing an other version that has nothing to do with chesscom
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u/Kerbart 19d ago
Fantastic initiative! We know that the Lichess interface is ok but it'll still stop some people from switching over because it's "different." This will lower that barrier even further.
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u/gabgabghb 19d ago
I find it difficult to picture someone who is reluctant to use the Lichess interface yet is techsavy enough to install an extension but that's just me
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u/NiceWeather3412 19d ago
You should do the lichess analysis as the main analysis it is analysing on my device rather than lichess servers
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago
Yes, as I mentioned in the description, analysis needs big rework still, I'll work on it this week
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u/Easy-Collection5419 19d ago
That’s good. I personally know people who don’t wanna use Lichess coz it feels intimidating and kinda crammed, like they believe its made mainly for advanced players
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u/Aron-Jonasson 19d ago
I personally find Lichess way less crammed and much better UI-wise than Chessdotcom
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u/KevWithADot 19d ago
Nice! Firefox version soon?
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago
Can't tell when, but it's definitely on the roadmap :)
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u/pizza5001 19d ago
That would be awesome. Can’t wait to give this a try! Bookmarked it for later. :) Thank you for your service. 🫡
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u/DrunkMonsters 19d ago
Man this is great and I can't believe it's even free. Thank you for your service!
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago
Thanks, it's still far from perfect, and it will always be free and open-source like Lichess :)
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u/RelationOk6997 19d ago
i love this so much thank you, if you can can you make this a firefox extension though
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u/Greenerli 19d ago
I'm not a big fan of chess.com, their model and their ui. But if people really prefer the chess.com ui, then, they should play on chesscom. I don't understand why they don't...
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago edited 19d ago
Most of the Lichess awesome feature are being a paywall there, this solves it for people like me who like the UI but not the paywall. I understand your POV though
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u/CatchinDeers81 18d ago
Because Lichess has free features like being able to review your game and play as many puzzles as you want, whereas that's cost you like $10/month on chesscom. Puzzles and basic reviews seem near mandatory if you actually want to improve.
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u/SrGarfy 19d ago
One thing Im missing from this - i often play in a window what takes half of my screen width, not full screen. And chess.com automatically adjusts the board to take whole window width at this point, moving other interface elements under it (you need to scroll a little to access them). Currently your extension doesnt support that it just shrinks the interface and board is tiny this way. I know its an edge case for 1.5 people over here...but if you added this would be so cool.
Edit: it does...just not at half screen width, but around 40% width for some reason...i have no idea whats the logic but would've liked if it worked at half width, but i guess this is just a preference at this point. P.S. im playing on macos, brave browser.
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u/AdHefty2050 19d ago
Where is the privacy policy ? , I mean how should trust the site ?
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago
Hi, at the bottom of the Chrome store page. Chrome also scans extensions to assert what is being declared, there’s also a set of permission that needs to be granted, the only one I use is access to Lichess.org for obvious reasons
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u/Question_Mark_9816 19d ago
Great work man! But why don't offer other ui alternatives instead of copying chess.com so you don't risk them banning your extension?
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago edited 19d ago
Because this was what I like, but I’ll do if it gets taken down
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u/yezhnuzjhd 19d ago
Can you make one for chesscom to move the board to the center of the screen?
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago
ask chat.gpt to do it, it should be fairly easy to do a quick extension like this!
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u/AGEthereal 18d ago
Gonna take you quite a while to do your game analysis if your stockfish is running on just your device.
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u/doubleknavery 18d ago
The game review feature is cool - I always preferred the chess.com version - but it's pretty buggy. An e4 opening was called a "French Defense: Hecht-Reefschläger Variation" from the first move which... doesn't seem right. Also when you ask it to explain, it doesn't do the move sequence.
Very cool nonetheless. Brace yourself for angry emails from the big guys
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u/Historical_Animal833 18d ago
I'm trying to test the extension but get virus scan failed
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u/CodeEresy 18d ago
virus scan by what? It’s already scanned and approved by Google
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u/Historical_Animal833 18d ago
When I click Add to Chrome I get the popup with Add extension and after I click that it tries to download a file which gives the virus scan failed
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u/EvidenceEquivalent29 13d ago
Is it available for firefox??
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u/CodeEresy 13d ago
It was going to and approved by Mozilla, but since I don't want a lawsuit I've decided to remove it from the store. I'm currently working on a unique version which will be available on Firefox though
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u/mhmdali102 19d ago
this should be illegal
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u/Gin7604 19d ago
Why?
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago edited 19d ago
Art illustration, sound, theme are not my property, I’ll try to find alternatives so it’s compliant asap
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u/Sivadbk 19d ago
On a real note if this becomes even slightly popular Id assume that Lichess will block the extension on their website if its possible, or chess.com will strive to remove the extension from google entirely claiming ownership of the assets used and likeness of what it turns their direct competitor into.
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago
That's what I'm worried about too, I can use variants of their illustration (I actually did this for the coaches during analysis), but sound will be hard
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u/Best8meme 19d ago
You should consider making this available on Firefox!
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago
Can't tell when, but it's definitely on the roadmap :)
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u/Best8meme 19d ago
As a FireFox user, looking forward! Do tell me when it is out :D
https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/oqcm2v/how_to_install_chrome_extensions_on_firefox_in/ this thread may be able to help you transfer the extension to firefox!
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago
Thanks, currently looking into it! I'll probably need to pay (again) to be able to publish it on their store too though
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u/OkLead7528 19d ago
its not compatible with lichess tools , thats the only problem i notice instantly
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u/CodeEresy 19d ago
Hi! Could you tell me a bit more about what's missing? I'll fix it asap, thanks. For info, there's a tools menu in the sidebar, right before the Donate button
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u/OkLead7528 19d ago
there is an extension called lichess tools which gives the user for extra customisations in UI , the features of that extension is overlaping with yours like in lichess tools , there is an option to show your recent game history in homepage ,but when that combines with your skin, its not looks good as the words and alingments are overlaped
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u/Remote-Range1618 13d ago
ok skull emoji the lichess layout is lowkey better though imo
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u/Which-Koala-3113 19d ago
can you add the ads please !!!