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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	Schoolbox Dark Mode
Works on any Schoolbox	✅	❌ [1]	🟠 [2]	❌ [1:1]
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	✅	✅	✅	🟠 [8]
Firefox	✅	✅	❌	🟠 [8:1]
Edge	🟠 [9]	✅	🟠 [9:1]	🟠 [8:2]
Software info
Creation date	27/03/2023	02/05/2023	06/10/2022	-
Languages	TS, Svelte	TS, Vue	JS	JS
Bundle size	138KiB	3.08MiB	7.86MiB	1.9MiB
Open source	✅	✅	✅	❌
License	GPL-3.0	MIT	None	None

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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 on web store, unlisted ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

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