Installation

WebLayer's daemon and CLI are published on crates.io as the weblayer crate.

Prerequisites

• Rust and Cargo
• Chrome, Firefox, or another browser that can load development extensions
• Git, for loading the extension from the source repository

Install the Binary

cargo install weblayer

Start the local daemon:

weblayer daemon

The daemon listens on 127.0.0.1:17891 by default.

In another terminal, check that the CLI can reach it:

weblayer status

Load the Browser Extension

The browser extension is currently loaded from the source repository.

git clone https://github.com/rndhouse/weblayer.git
cd weblayer
make -C browser-extension

For Chrome:

1. Open chrome://extensions.
2. Enable Developer mode.
3. Choose Load unpacked.
4. Select browser-extension/dist/chrome from the repository checkout.

For Firefox:

1. Open about:debugging.
2. Choose This Firefox.
3. Choose Load Temporary Add-on.
4. Select browser-extension/dist/firefox/manifest.json.

After the extension is loaded, visit a supported site while the daemon is running.

Update the Binary

cargo install --force weblayer