WAYFARER ADD-ONS · PREVIEW

Small tools. A shared shelf, with room for favorites.

Native toolbars with an old-web spirit, built from modern declarative JSON. This first catalog contains Wayfarer’s bundled examples. Community submissions and executable extensions are planned.

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Toolbars without the takeover

Old browsers could disappear beneath stacked toolbars. Wayfarer starts with every toolbar in one shared shelf.

See the before-and-after and how the shelf works →

Toolbars

Web Explorer · 1.0.0

Wikipedia search, Internet Archive and Wiby shortcuts. Published by Hamelton Software. Search terms go to Wikipedia only when submitted.

Download toolbar JSON

Developer Instruments in Wayfarer’s shared shelf

Developer Instruments · 1.0.0

Find, page source, Color & page tools and MDN, in one compact row. Published by Hamelton Software.

Download toolbar JSON

Install and manage

Open Settings → Add-ons & toolbars. Review and install a bundled example, or import JSON. Review its destinations and browser actions, then choose it from the toolbar selector. Installation starts on the shared shelf. Choose Detach into own row to keep a favorite visible. Guno shares the same shelf.

There is one visible 40-pixel shared row, with up to six controls per toolbar and twelve installed toolbars. Extra controls scroll horizontally. Disable, export or remove individual toolbars; turn all custom toolbars off together. Launch Wayfarer.exe --safe-toolbars for session recovery.

A deliberately small SDK

This initial SDK renders native controls from JSON. It accepts searches, HTTPS links and approved browser actions. It cannot execute scripts, read pages, cookies, history or account credentials, or send background requests. Imported publisher names are self-reported; imported manifests are not signed or store-reviewed. Every import or replacement requires review. Toolbars stay on the device and are excluded from account sync.

Skins

Eight bundled skins and your own JSON/CSS palette imports are available in Settings → Appearance & skins.

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Extensions · planned

Community publishing, signed package updates and broader Chrome extension API compatibility need additional development. This preview does not install Chrome extensions.

Build your own

Read Developer SDK & examples in the browser’s Add-ons page, export an installed toolbar as a starting point, and share your JSON. No account is needed to develop or import a toolbar.

Follow the add-on roadmap