From 8404361c6a84a997493189c9ea477e28c5a6a9ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: abhijithvijayan <34790378+abhijithvijayan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 04:27:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] docs: update readme
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kutt-extension
-Browser extension for Kutt.it
+Browser extension for Kutt.it URL shortener
-
+## Development
+
+Ensure you have [Node.js](https://nodejs.org) 20 or later installed.
+
+```bash
+# Install dependencies
+npm install
+
+# Start development server
+npm run dev:chrome # For Chrome
+npm run dev:firefox # For Firefox
+
+# Build for production
+npm run build:chrome # Build Chrome extension
+npm run build:firefox # Build Firefox addon
+npm run build # Build for all browsers
+
+# Linting
+npm run lint # Run ESLint
+npm run lint:fix # Run ESLint with auto-fix
+```
+
+### Loading the Extension
+
+#### Chrome
+
+1. Navigate to `chrome://extensions`
+2. Enable "Developer mode"
+3. Click "Load unpacked"
+4. Select `extension/chrome` directory
+
+#### Firefox
+
+1. Navigate to `about:debugging`
+2. Click "This Firefox"
+3. Click "Load Temporary Add-on"
+4. Select `extension/firefox/manifest.json`
## Note
-- Kutt.it API permits **50** URLs shortening per day using the API Key.
+- Kutt.it API permits **50** URLs shortening per day using the API Key
- **Enable Custom Host** option to use with self-hosted kutt
- - Save the self hosted domain in the input (eg: )
- - **Note**: the api endpoint is automatically appended during the api call.
-- _Delay at times while shortening might be the issue with Kutt.it API and not with the extension's._
+ - Save the self hosted domain in the input (eg: `https://mykutt.it`)
+ - **Note**: the api endpoint is automatically appended during the api call
+- _Delay at times while shortening might be the issue with Kutt.it API and not with the extension's_
## Contributing and Support
@@ -80,6 +124,6 @@ View the Contributing guidelines [here](CONTRIBUTING.md).
Original Repo: [thedevs-network/kutt](https://github.com/thedevs-network/kutt)
-## Licence
+## License
Code released under the [MIT License](license).