favicon-dl

A minimalistic Chrome extension for downloading website favicons with developer-friendly features.

Features

• 🎨 Dark, minimalistic UI - GitHub-inspired design for developers
• 📦 Multiple format downloads - Choose from 16×16, 32×32, original, or SVG
• 📋 Copy favicon URL - Quick clipboard copy
• 🔍 Metadata display - View format, dimensions, and file size
• 🔗 Open in new tab - Direct favicon viewing
• 🔒 Privacy-friendly - Only accesses the current tab (no browsing history)
• 🚀 Auto-detection - Finds all favicon variants in page HTML

Installation

From Source

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/favicondownloader.git

2. Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions/

3. Enable Developer mode (toggle in top-right corner)

4. Click Load unpacked

5. Select the favicondownloader folder

6. The extension icon will appear in your toolbar!

Usage

1. Navigate to any website
2. Click the extension icon
3. Select desired download formats (checkboxes)
4. Click Download Selected to download
5. Or use Copy URL / Open in New Tab buttons

Permissions

This extension requires minimal permissions:

• activeTab - Access favicon from current tab only
• downloads - Save favicons to your computer
• scripting - Detect favicons from page HTML
• host_permissions - Fetch favicon files

Note: This extension does NOT track your browsing history or access data from other tabs.

Development

Project Structure

favicondownloader/
├── manifest.json      # Extension configuration
├── popup.html         # Extension popup UI
├── popup.js          # Main logic
├── content.js        # Favicon detection script
├── styles.css        # Dark theme styling
└── README.md         # This file

Tech Stack

• Vanilla JavaScript (no frameworks)
• Chrome Extensions Manifest V3
• Custom CSS (GitHub-inspired dark theme)

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to:

• Report bugs
• Suggest new features
• Submit pull requests

Roadmap

• Actual image resizing with Canvas API
• Base64 data URL generation
• HTML snippet generator
• Detect all favicon variants (apple-touch-icon, etc.)
• Bulk download all favicons
• Favicon history tracker
• Format conversion (PNG → ICO, etc.)

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

Author

Created with ❤️ for developers who need quick favicon access

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Note: This extension is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google Chrome.

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