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
Rating: 4.44
(25)
Creation date: 2017-03-21
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
Size: 410.62K
Email: ja*****@gmail.com
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Extension summary
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
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%!)
It's really great.
Doesn't work anymore (userstyles cannot be installed from userstyles.org).
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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