XActions Browser Extension

Run XActions automations on X/Twitter directly from your browser toolbar. No console access needed. Dark-themed popup with 11 automation cards, live dashboard, category filtering, search, progress tracking, and keyboard shortcuts.

Quick Start

Open chrome://extensions/ → Enable Developer mode → Load unpacked → select the extension/ folder
Navigate to x.com
Click the XA icon in your toolbar
Pick an automation, configure settings, click ▶️

Full installation guide: docs/extension.md

Features

Growth Automations (6)

Automation	What it does	Settings
❤️ Auto-Liker	Like tweets matching keywords in your feed	Keywords, max likes, speed preset
👋 Smart Unfollow	Unfollow non-followers from your /following page	Days to wait, whitelist, dry run
🔍 Keyword Follow	Search keywords and follow matching users	Keywords, max per keyword, min followers
🚀 Growth Suite	All-in-one: like + follow + unfollow in one session	Session duration, per-action limits
💬 Auto-Commenter	Reply to posts with random comments from your list	Comment pool, check interval, keyword filter
👥 Follow Engagers	Follow users who liked/retweeted a specific tweet	Mode (likers/retweeters), min followers

Tools (2)

Automation	What it does	Settings
🎬 Video Downloader	Adds ⬇ button to tweets with video	Quality, auto-download, show button
🧵 Thread Reader	Adds 🧵 Unroll button to threads, shows clean overlay	Show button, auto-detect, max tweets

Analytics (3)

Automation	What it does	Settings
🔔 Who Unfollowed Me	Scans followers, compares snapshots, detects unfollowers	Check frequency, notifications, history
📊 Best Time to Post	Analyzes engagement patterns by hour/day	Sample size, timezone
⚡ Quick Stats	Calculates engagement rate, shows floating overlay	Show overlay, track daily, sample size

UX Features

Dashboard — 4-stat summary: running count, today's actions, total actions, uptime
Category filters — All / Growth / Tools / Analytics pill buttons
Search — Instant filter across all automations (press / to focus)
Progress bars — Visual progress on running cards (e.g., 12/50)
Session timers — Live elapsed time per running automation
Speed presets — Safe / Normal / Fast instead of raw millisecond inputs
Delay sliders — Range sliders with human-readable labels (2.0s — 5.0s)
Toast notifications — Styled feedback for start/stop/import/export/errors
Disconnected banner — Prominent alert when not on x.com with link
Activity log filtering — Dropdown to filter by automation type
Relative timestamps — "2m ago" in logs (hover for full time)
Pause/Resume — ⏸ button pauses all without stopping
Emergency stop — ⏹ instantly stops everything (no confirm dialog)
Keyboard shortcuts — Ctrl+Shift+S stop, Ctrl+Shift+P pause, / search, Esc clear
Right-click menus — "Download video", "Unroll thread", "Analyze account"
First-run onboarding — Welcome modal with one-click feature setup
Rate limit detection — Auto-pauses on HTTP 429
Import/Export — Backup and restore all settings as JSON
Badge — Green badge shows running automation count

Architecture

extension/
├── manifest.json                  Manifest V3 configuration
├── background/
│   └── service-worker.js          State management, badge, context menus, rate limits
├── content/
│   ├── bridge.js                  Content script — message relay
│   └── injected.js                Page-context script — 11 automation runners
├── popup/
│   ├── popup.html                 Popup UI (632 lines)
│   ├── popup.css                  Dark theme styles (1086 lines)
│   └── popup.js                   Popup controller (782 lines)
└── icons/
    ├── icon16.png, icon48.png, icon128.png

Message Flow

Popup  ──chrome.runtime──►  Background  ──chrome.tabs──►  Bridge  ──postMessage──►  Injected
popup.js                    service-worker.js              bridge.js                 injected.js
       ◄──chrome.runtime──              ◄──chrome.runtime──        ◄──postMessage──

Detailed Docs

Document	Contents
Extension User Guide	Installation, usage, each automation explained, tips, FAQ
Extension Internal API	Message protocol, storage schema, event flow
Extension Developer Guide	Adding automations, modifying UI, DOM selectors, testing

Permissions

Permission	Why
`activeTab`	Access the current X tab
`storage`	Persist settings and activity log
`alarms`	Periodic health checks
`scripting`	Inject automation code
`contextMenus`	Right-click: Download video, Unroll thread, Analyze account
`notifications`	Rate limit alerts
`host_permissions`	Only x.com and twitter.com

Credits

Built by nichxbt as part of XActions.