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Here's a comparison of Schooltape to other popular Schoolbox extensions, you can find their Chrome Web Store listings here.

Source code

• Schooltape: https://github.com/schooltape/schooltape
• Coolbox: https://github.com/T0RNATO/coolbox_extension_new
• Better Schoolbox: https://github.com/ActuallyHappening/SchoolBoxStyling
• Schoolbox Dark Mode: https://schoolbox-darkmode.web.app

Comparison

Features	Schooltape	Coolbox	Better Schoolbox
Works on any Schoolbox	✅	❌ [1]	🟠 [2]
Functionality
Plugin ecosystem	✅	❌	❌
Plugin options	✅ [3]	❌	❌
Modern icons	✅	✅	❌
Subheader revamp	✅	❌	❌
Progress bar	✅ [3:1]	✅ [4]	❌
Scrolling enhancements	✅ [5]	❌	❌
Rearrangable homepage	❌ [6]	✅	❌
Discord-based reminders and notifications	❌	✅	❌
Theming
Themes	✅	✅	🟠 [7]
Snippet ecosystem	✅	❌	❌
Browser support
Chrome	✅	✅	✅
Firefox	✅	✅	❌
Edge	🟠 [8]	✅	🟠 [8:1]
Software info
Creation date	27/03/2023	02/05/2023	06/10/2022
Languages	TS, Svelte	TS, Vue	JS
Bundle size	138KiB	3.08MiB	7.86MiB
Open source	✅	✅	✅
License	GPL-3.0	MIT	None

Other extensions

The following extensions are not listed on web stores and may have limited functionality:

• https://github.com/skid-dev/UltraBox
• https://github.com/skybird23333/schoolboxplus
• https://schoolbox-darkmode.web.app
• https://github.com/F311ix/Schoolbox-Clock
• https://github.com/thebrucecgit/clock-extension

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1. Only works for one school ↩︎

2. New schools can be added by request in a Discord server ↩︎

3. Released in Schooltape v4.0.0 ↩︎ ↩︎

4. Coolbox has a period timer, showing the time left in the current period ↩︎

5. By scrolling enhancements I am referring to the "Scroll Period" and "Scroll Segments" Schooltape plugins, which scroll to the current period on the homepage and segment the page into multiple scrollable sections, respectively ↩︎

6. Planned for future release, see issue #19 ↩︎

7. Manual styling, doesn't come with predefined themes ↩︎

8. Not listed on the Microsoft Edge Add-ons store, but still installable via the Chrome Web Store or manually ↩︎ ↩︎