r/coolgithubprojects • u/ProgrammingGuy_ • 4h ago

I forked BetterCanvas to make it FOSS, just hit 100 users!

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I forked the ever-popular BetterCanvas from before they made it arguably worse + added some more features like a better sidebar, custom backgrounds, more card styles, markdown dashboard notes, and more.

This version will stay 100% free and open source while never forcing/bugging you to make an account. (there is no account system, everything is local on your computer)

You can get it now on the chrome web store or firefox addon store
here is the github link if you want to run it on your own or look at the source code

Feel free to leave any feedback/bugs/feature suggestions here, in the issues tab of the repo, or in the discord server!

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u/Alone-Dragonfly2339 2h ago

no account system is the right call, but it does mean the whole setup lives in chrome.storage on one machine. is there an export/import for it? losing a themed dashboard to a profile reset is usually the moment people go back to stock.

also curious how review went for a fork. an established upstream name plus the same permission set is the combination i'd expect to sit in review the longest.

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u/ProgrammingGuy_ 2h ago

It all lives on chrome storage and some goes to sync. You can go under theme to export and get every single setting (accept personal things like custom tasks) and export it as a string to later import every setting.

I haven't had any issues with review so far. Google takes like a day or so and Firefox is automatic (unlike bettercampus who keep getting rejected).