Barouse

Browser-owned sidebar hosting arbitrary sites in iframes.

Version: 2.14.1

Install via git clone (recommended)

Best for desktops where git is available. Updates with git pull.

git clone -b gh-pages --single-branch https://github.com/Stabledog/barouse.git ~/.local/share/barouse

Then load in Chrome:

1. Open chrome://extensions
2. Enable Developer mode
3. Click Load unpacked
4. Select ~/.local/share/barouse/extension

To update:

cd ~/.local/share/barouse && git pull

Then click the reload button on chrome://extensions.

Install via script (no git required)

For machines without git (conference rooms, shared workstations).

curl -fsSL https://stabledog.github.io/barouse/barouse-update | bash

This downloads and extracts the extension to ~/.local/share/barouse. Set BAROUSE_DIR to override the install location.

Then load ~/.local/share/barouse as an unpacked extension in Chrome.

Re-run the same command to update.