Gitanest

A Manifest V3 browser extension that shows a random Bhagavad Gita verse — chapter, verse number, and English meaning — every time you click it.

GHP landing https://chirag127.github.io/Gitanest/ · Repo https://github.com/chirag127/Gitanest

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Gitanest is a tiny, dependency-free MV3 extension. Click its toolbar icon and the popup picks a random chapter (1–18) and a random verse within that chapter, fetches it from the public vedicscriptures.github.io API, and renders the Sanskrit slok alongside its English meaning. No build step, no tracking, no data stored.

How it works

flowchart LR
    A[click toolbar icon] --> B[popup.html loads]
    B --> C[script.js]
    C --> D["pick random chapter 1–18<br/>+ random verse (exact counts)"]
    D --> E["fetch vedicscriptures.github.io/slok/{ch}/{v}"]
    E -->|JSON| F["render slok + English meaning"]
    E -->|error| G["show connection error"]

The verse counts per chapter are hard-coded, so every random pick maps to a real verse. The extension only needs network access to the verse API (declared as host_permissions).

Features

• Random Bhagavad Gita verse on every click, across all 18 chapters with correct per-chapter verse counts.
• Shows chapter, verse number, the Sanskrit slok, and its English meaning.
• Graceful error message if the verse API can’t be reached.
• Zero dependencies, zero build, no analytics, no stored data.

Tech stack

• Manifest V3 browser extension (Chrome / Edge / Chromium).
• Vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (fetch).
• Public data source: the vedicscriptures verse API.

Repo structure

Gitanest/
├── manifest.json    # MV3 manifest — action popup, icon, host_permissions for the verse API
├── popup.html       # popup markup (verse + meaning placeholders)
├── style.css        # popup styling
├── script.js        # pick a random verse, fetch it, render or show an error
└── logo.png         # 128px extension icon

Install (load unpacked)

1. Download or clone this repo.
2. Open chrome://extensions (or edge://extensions).
3. Enable Developer mode.
4. Click Load unpacked and select the repo folder.
5. Pin the extension, then click its icon to get a verse.

No build or bundling is required — it is a static extension.

Configuration

None. There are no environment variables or settings; the extension fetches from a fixed public API.

Part of the oriz family

One of ~80 sites and tools in the oriz family. See blog.oriz.in.

Contributing

Issues and PRs welcome. Keep it minimal and dependency-free.

Status

Complete and stable (v1.0.0).

License

MIT © Chirag Singhal — chirag@oriz.in

Conventional commits are the changelog.

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