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Choose the launch edition<\/h2>\n

New Tab + Toolbar<\/strong> replaces the browser’s New Tab page and also opens from the Groovy extension icon.<\/p>\n

Toolbar only<\/strong> leaves New Tab unchanged. Pin Groovy in the browser’s Extensions menu and open it from its icon.<\/p>\n

These are separate installations, not a setting you can switch inside Groovy. New Tab is not the same setting as the browser’s startup pages or Home button.<\/p>\n

For Chrome and Edge, choose either edition. For Yandex Browser, choose Toolbar. Opera users should follow the compatibility label on the downloaded package; Toolbar is the conservative choice. Firefox has its own separate Toolbar and New Tab packages. A finished Safari release is not available.<\/p>\n

Download Free from the Groovy Bookmark Manager product page<\/a>. PRO downloads are available in your Gumroad library<\/a> after purchase. Use the customer package, not a DEV PRO testing build.<\/p>\n

Chrome, Edge, Opera, and Yandex Browser<\/h2>\n
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  1. Extract the downloaded ZIP into a permanent folder. Keep that folder after installation.<\/li>\n
  2. Open your browser’s extensions page: chrome:\/\/extensions<\/code>, edge:\/\/extensions<\/code>, opera:\/\/extensions<\/code>, or browser:\/\/extensions<\/code> in Yandex Browser.<\/li>\n
  3. Enable Developer mode<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  4. Select Load unpacked<\/strong> and choose the folder containing manifest.json<\/code> directly inside it. Do not select the parent folder containing several archives.<\/li>\n
  5. Open Groovy from its icon and allow bookmark access.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Do not double-click index.html<\/code> or open it through a file:\/\/<\/code> URL. The application needs extension APIs and must run as an installed extension.<\/p>\n

    Firefox<\/h2>\n
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    1. Use Firefox 142 or newer for the current customer packages.<\/li>\n
    2. Extract the ZIP and locate the included Mozilla-signed .xpi<\/code> file.<\/li>\n
    3. Open that XPI in Firefox and confirm Add<\/strong>. You can also use the gear menu in about:addons<\/code> and select Install Add-on From File<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    4. Review the permission prompts, then open Groovy and allow bookmark access.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The signed customer XPI does not need Developer mode or temporary loading through about:debugging<\/code>. Do not install an unsigned development package as a permanent customer installation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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