A beautiful, minimalistic progress indicator extension for Chrome, Edge, and other Chromium-based browsers. Shows a glowing blue progress bar at the top (or bottom) of each page while it's loading.
- 🎨 Customizable Colors - Choose any color you like
- ✨ Glowing Effect - Beautiful glow effect with adjustable intensity
- 📏 Adjustable Size - Control the thickness of the progress bar
- 🎚️ Opacity Control - Set the transparency level
- 📍 Position - Display at top or bottom of the page
- 🎬 Smooth Animations - Optional smooth transitions
- ⚡ Lightweight - Minimal performance impact
- Clone or download this repository
- Open Chrome/Edge and navigate to
chrome://extensions/ - Enable "Developer mode" in the top-right corner
- Click "Load unpacked"
- Select the extension directory
- The extension is now active!
Click the extension icon or right-click and select "Options" to customize:
- Color: Choose the progress bar color (default: Microsoft Edge blue #0078D4)
- Thickness: Adjust the height from 1-10 pixels
- Opacity: Control transparency from 25% to 100%
- Glow Intensity: Adjust the glow effect strength
- Position: Display at the top or bottom of the page
- Animation: Choose between smooth or instant progress updates
The extension uses a MutationObserver to monitor the DOM for new resources being added (scripts, images, stylesheets, etc.) and tracks their loading progress. It displays a progress bar that grows as resources load and smoothly fades out when the page is fully loaded.
- ✅ Google Chrome (v88+)
- ✅ Microsoft Edge (v88+)
- ✅ Brave Browser
- ✅ Opera
- ✅ Any Chromium-based browser with Manifest V3 support
This extension is inspired by the Load Progress Bar extension for Firefox, adapted for Chromium-based browsers with enhanced visual effects.
BSD 2-Clause License
Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit issues or pull requests.