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July 18, 2026

Abseil

A Chrome extension that detects the page you're on and activates the right download tool for it — like rappelling down a page to extract its assets. Source on GitHub.

  • Pinterest Board Downloader - Grabs every pin from a board at full resolution
  • Behance Project Downloader - Saves all images from a project page at maximum quality
  • Font Collector - Lists and downloads a page's webfonts (woff2, woff, ttf, otf, eot) — works on any site

Everything is saved into organized folders under Downloads/Abseil/. Built as a Manifest V3 extension in plain JavaScript, it runs entirely locally — no servers, no analytics, no external calls — and works in Chrome, Edge, Brave, and other Chromium browsers.

The Abseil popup showing the Fonts tool listing a page's webfonts, each with a Download button
The Fonts tool listing a page's webfonts, ready to download — github.com/smombartz/abseil

A background router reads the active tab's URL and mounts the matching tool, falling back to Fonts when nothing site-specific applies. Pinterest and Behance run as declared content scripts so their long download jobs can be cancelled mid-run; the font collector is injected on demand instead, so it costs nothing until you open it. It asks for activeTab, scripting, and downloads, plus host access to read cross-origin stylesheets and frames. Built with Claude.

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