Tampermonkey Editors

Online editor support for Tampermonkey's userscripts

What is Tampermonkey Editors?

"Tampermonkey Editors" is a Chrome extension that enables users to edit their Tampermonkey userscripts directly on vscode.dev. Simply click the extension icon to access a grouped list of scripts by namespace, allowing you to edit userscripts, storage files, and required scripts effortlessly. It supports Tampermonkey versions 5.0 and up while offering features like background modification warnings. However, it is still in development with several features like script creation and folder search on the TODO list.

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By: Jan Biniok

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Users: 10,000+

Rating: 4.83 (18)

Version: 1.0.3 (Last updated: 2024-10-07)

Creation date: 2022-12-02

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
webNavigation
storage
scripting

Host permissions:

https://*.vscode.dev/*

Size: 89.53K

Email: su*****@tampermonkey.net

URLs: Privacy policy

Ranking

# 8629 ▼ 1

Other rankings

#6604 in Developer Tools ▼ 14 #103 in script keyword 36 ▲ 1 #168 in editor keyword 44 ▲ 4 #227 in folder keyword 12

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Extension summary

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This extension allows users of the Tampermonkey extension to edit their userscripts at vscode.dev Simply click at the extension's icon in the menu bar.

Requirements: Tampermonkey 5.0+ or Tampermonkey BETA 4.19.6176+ is required

You can get Tampermonkey from here: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo

What is working:

List scripts grouped by namespace within a folder containing the script, a storage file and required scripts
Editing userscripts, userscript storage and required scripts
Editor warns on resource modification in background

What is not working (aka TODO list):

File and folder search

User reviews

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Pros

Works well with VSCode, providing a better editing environment for user scripts.
Namespaces make organizing scripts under domains easier and more logical.
Faster and easier to write scripts with full VSCode features.
Overall, much better than the original built-in Tampermonkey editor.
Helpful for programmers or users looking to customize website functionality.

Cons

Requires enabling deprecated synchronous mutation events, which can cause performance issues.
Errors can occur, such as 'No extension is there to communicate' or 'MutationEvent is not defined'.
Issues with deleting scripts; removed scripts may reappear upon page reload.

Most mentioned

Great integration with VSCode.
More efficient than the default Tampermonkey editor.
Problems with script deletion.
Need to enable mutation events.
Works with Tampermonkey v4.19.0.

Recent reviews

It works perfectly, but you must: Enable (deprecated) synchronous mutation events Mutation Events are a deprecated set of events which cause performance issues. Disabling this feature turns off Mutation Events. NOTE: Disabling these events can cause breakage on some sites that are still reliant on these deprecated features. – Mac, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, Lacros #mutation-events Go to chrome://flags search for Mutation. And Enable it. Click the tampermonkey editors extension icon in your browser (you may want to pin that).