osprey

osprey is a privacy respecting fork of the well known stylish
What is osprey?
Osprey is a Chrome extension, providing a secure alternative to the Stylish extension. Its primary function is to manage custom CSS, from userstyles.org or your own configuration. As an open-source and GPL compliant project, it respects user privacy in contrast to the newer versions of Stylish. Convenient to use and requiring minimal updates, Osprey ensures your custom CSS scripts remain unaffected.

Extension stats

By: JackCDK
Users: 375 ▼ -8
Rating: 4.44 (25)
Version: 1.0.4 (Last updated: 2022-07-09)
Creation date: 2017-03-21
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • webNavigation
  • contextMenus
  • http://userstyles.org/
  • https://userstyles.org/
Size: 410.62K

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

Ospey is an open-source GPL compliant fork of Stylish, based on an older version before the privacy changes. It can manage custom CSS, whether from userstyles.org, or your own configurations. It is easy to install and use, and with the rare-if-any updates, you can be sure that none of your custom CSS scripts will ever be impacted.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Better alternative to Stylish
  • Has a dark theme for the manage page
  • Doesn't have Botnet
Cons
  • No instructions to install skins
  • Userstyles cannot be installed from userstyles.org
  • Needs to reload sites for style visibility
Most mentioned
  • Great alternative to Stylish
  • Lack of instructions for installing skins
  • Issues with style visibility
Recent reviews
Has stopped working, and started eating up resources like crazy -- memory (8gb!) and CPU (150%!)
by Jared Baribeau, 2024-08-08

It's really great.
by Ré Volia, 2021-04-07

Doesn't work anymore (userstyles cannot be installed from userstyles.org).
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Extension safety

Risk impact

osprey requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

osprey has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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