/chrome-ext

Webtor.io Chrome extension that makes it possible to stream online any downloaded torrent or magnet-url

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Webtor.io Chrome extension

This extension handles torrent downloads and magnet-links and opens them right at webtor.io Please visit Chrome Web Store for more information.

Building for use

yarn install
npm build

This downloads all dependencies and generates dist folder. Now you can add it to Chrome with this few steps:

  1. Open the chrome://extensions page.
  2. Disable the official Webtor.io version.
  3. Enable the Developer mode.
  4. Click Load unpacked extension button, navigate to project's dist/ folder.

Troubleshooting

To fix issues with handling torrent downloads you should:

  1. Open the chrome://extensions page.
  2. Find Webtor.io extension
  3. Click "Details"
  4. Activate "Allow Access to file URLs"

In this case extension will load torrent file directly from disk without any issues.