Cachebuster

Front-end devs: stop fiddling with the address bar every time you need fresh-baked server goodness.

What is Cachebuster?

Cachebuster is a Chrome extension that allows front-end developers to easily append cache-busting querystrings to URLs. It adds a 'cachebuster' querystring key to the current tab's URL, using the POSIX time as a value, providing fresh server content without the need to manually modify the address bar.

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By: https://www.niftinessafoot.com

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Users: 304 ▼ -4

Rating: 5.00 (4)

Version: 1.0.3 (Last updated: 2022-09-19)

Creation date: 2018-04-22

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

activeTab

Size: 10.45K

Email: co*****@niftinessafoot.com

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 45876 ▼ 200

Other rankings

#1076 in Developer Tools ▼ 4

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Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Summary

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Usage

Hitting [alt + r] appends the current tab’s URL with a cachebuster querystring key, using the POSIX time as a value. (Clicking the extension icon works too, I guess.)

This addition is pushed on using replaceState and then the tab is reloaded as a callback. The history remains unpolluted.

The querystring is appended if it exists or created if it doesn’t. Anchor links remain intact, too.

No analytics. No special permissions. Because that’s kinda creepy.