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PixTab

◎ Let Pixiv artworks become your browser's new tab page! ◎

Edge     Firefox

📖 Overview

PixTab is a lightweight, aesthetic browser extension that displays Pixiv artworks on your new tab page. It supports custom configuration, keyword search, localization, and works beautifully with both Chromium and Firefox-based browsers. (✿◡‿◡)

✨ Key Features

• 🎨 Beautiful Artworks — Enjoy high-quality Pixiv illustrations every time you open a new tab.
• 📊 Multiple Rankings — Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Rookie, Original, Popular, and more!
• 🔍 Keyword Search — Combine AND, OR, NOT keywords to filter artworks precisely.
• 🔖 Bookmark Filter — Set min/max bookmark counts to find the most popular works.
• 🖼️ Type Filter — Choose Illustrations, Manga, Ugoira, or filter out AI-generated works.
• 📏 Resolution Control — Ensure high quality by setting minimum width/height.
• 🛠️ Customization — Adjust image size, alignment, and tiling mode to your liking.
• 🌓 Theme Sync — Automatically switches between Light & Dark themes.
• 🌍 Multi-language — Available in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Russian.
• 🛡️ Privacy First — All settings are stored locally. No data is sent to external servers.

📦 Offline Installation

Note: This extension is not listed on the Chrome Web Store. Chrome users, please install it manually using the steps below.

📥 Chromium-based Browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave...)

1. Clone or download this repository.
2. Open chrome://extensions in your browser.
3. Enable Developer mode (usually in the top right corner).
4. Option A — Install from packaged ZIP (Quick):
   • If you downloaded a release from dist/ (e.g., dist/pixtab-0.9-chrome.zip), try dragging the .zip file onto the chrome://extensions page.
   • If drag-and-drop fails, unzip the package and use Load unpacked to select the extracted folder.
5. Option B — Install from source (Developer):
   • Click Load unpacked and select the project folder.
6. Open a new tab and enjoy! ✨

🦊 Firefox-based Browsers (140+)

1. Clone or download this repository.
2. Use Firefox 140 or later, and open about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox.
3. Click Load Temporary Add-on...
4. Option A — Install packaged XPI (Testing):
   • If you downloaded a release dist/*.xpi (e.g., dist/pixtab-0.9-firefox.xpi), open about:addons, click the gear icon ⚙️ → Install Add-on From File..., or drag the .xpi file onto the page.
5. Option B — Load temporary add-on (Developer):
   • Click Load Temporary Add-on... and select the manifest.json file in the project folder.
6. Open a new tab and enjoy! ✨

Note: Temporarily loaded extensions in Firefox will be removed when the browser restarts.

🎐 Network Requirements

This extension requires access to Pixiv (pixiv.net and pximg.net).

If the loading animation spins forever, it means your network cannot access Pixiv. Please check your network connection or proxy settings. This extension does not provide proxy functionality.

📜 License

See the LICENSE file for details.

🤝 Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for contribution guidelines.

💖 Support & Donation

If you enjoy using PixTab, please consider supporting me. Your encouragement keeps me going! (╹▽╹)

• Afdian (爱发电)
• Patreon

🌟 Acknowledgements

This project was inspired by:

• HumbleNewTabPage
• PixivforMuzei3