WaniKani Notifier

Simple Notifier and Launcher for WaniKani Reviews and Lessons. Works with API v2
What is WaniKani Notifier?
WaniKani Notifier is a Chrome extension that notifies you when your reviews are due and provides quick access to your lessons and reviews. It works with the WaniKani API v2 and includes features like a badge showing the number of reviews due and support for vacation mode.

Extension stats

By: BleckJeck
Users: 433 ▲ 4
Rating: 4.67 (9)
Version: 2.0.1 (Last updated: 2023-08-28)
Creation date: 2020-09-06
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • alarms
Size: 96.17K

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Extension summary

Notifies you when your reviews are due. There's not much else to it. Made mostly for fun, works with the WaniKani API v2.

Features:

  • A badge shows how many reviews are due (you can tick a box in the settings page to get politely reminded of your lessons as well).
  • Click on the extension to open a pop-up with links to your lessons and reviews.

NEW in version 2.0.1

  • Reworked to be compliant with Chrome extensions manifest V3.
  • Moved from timers to alarms, which limits API calls to one call per minute.
  • Added support for vacation mode in the settings (hide your reviews count while on vacation).

This update was made necessary by the new Google policy for Chrome extensions (more info here if you're interested: https://developer.chrome.com/blog/mv2-transition/).

The extension is now MV3-compliant, which it's definitely a good thing as it means is won't be removed from the store, but it also forced some less welcome design changes, especially the one around timers. In short, this means the extension can only refresh once every minute, which is fine most of the time but can be somewhat annoying while you're in the middle of doing reviews.

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User reviews

Thanks, great extension! I love how you can choose to just display missing reviews and not lessons, not having a bright pink lesson number in the corner of my eye lets me not be too pressured to do the lessons right now, I can just do the lessons later in the day ^^
by Maxime, 2024-09-15

Not compatible with Google Chrome Dark Theme, the notification icon looks like a dark blue circle
by Esteban Rivera, 2022-09-10

Thanks for extension, it works perfect!
by Daniela Vera Gómez, 2021-09-19
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Extension safety

Risk impact

WaniKani Notifier does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

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