Animated Cursors Forever!

Animated Cursors Forever!

Chrome extension that brings animated cursors back to the web! Supports .ani and .cur files.

What is Animated Cursors Forever!?
Animated Cursors Forever! is a Chrome extension that brings back the long-lost joy of animated cursors on the web. The extension supports .ani and .cur files, injecting the nostalgic allure into every page you visit. It asks for Host and Storage permissions, where Host is utilized for the application of the cursor on the webpages, and Storage is used for storing the cursor files. The extension has no data collection measures in place and is open-sourced on GitHub.
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By: lettuce
Users: 10,000+
Rating: 3.57 (23)
Version: 1.4 (Last updated: 2023-08-30)
Creation date: 2021-03-07
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 226.30K
URLs: Website
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Summary

Adds ~0.4ms to page loading.

Animated cursors used to be a thing on the web until browsers discontinued them a decade ago. This brings back .ani support to the web. Long live animated cursors ✨

This collects absolutely no data and is open source. https://github.com/lettucegoblin/animated-cursors-forever-extension

If a specific cursor doesnt work please link it in your feedback.

This extension asks for Host and Storage permissions. Host is for injecting the cursor into every page you visit. Storage is for storing the cursor files.

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • fun
  • cute
  • nostalgic
Cons
  • difficult to get it to work
  • limited functionality
  • glitches
Most mentioned
  • doesn't work
  • cute
  • cursor not showing up
  • difficult to get it to work
Recent reviews
by Diallo Mouhamed Diallo Mouhamed, 2023-12-16

pretty fun, works great
by N G N G, 2024-02-27

doesnt work
by Nam Anh Nam Anh, 2023-12-30
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Safety
Risk impact

Animated Cursors Forever! is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Animated Cursors Forever! has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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