Rapid Power User Extension

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

Changelog

• May 31, 2026
  description

  An extension to seamlessly integrate Rapid as your primary OSM web editor. Some features:
  
  1. Redirects the OSM.org Edit button to open in Rapid
  2. Integrates Strava Heatmap overlays into Rapid (credit to the original [id-strava-heatmap extension](https://github.com/cmoffroad/id-strava-heatmap-extension) for some of the code) and lets you choose which heatmap color to use and the opacity of the heatmap.
  3. Allows you to change most Rapid default settings
  
  === Using ===
  
  When installed, the plugin will show up in your toolbar somewhere (it may be hidden behind an overflow icon at first). If the plugin icon is orange, then you need to log into Strava by clicking the plugin icon. Once you're logged in to Strava, load https://www.strava.com/maps/global-heatmap, the icon will turn pink (may need to refresh the page one time) and Strava support is enabled on the next Rapid page load.
  
  Strava cookies expire after a week, the plugin icon will turn orange again to indicate that. Going to the heatmap and refreshing the page will refresh the cookies.
  
  If you don't want to use Strava, you can open the extension options (right click the plugin icon and click Options) and uncheck "Enable Strava" to hide all the Strava integration features.
  
  See the GitHub repo for a more in-depth overview: https://github.com/emersonveenstra/rapid-power-user-extension?tab=readme-ov-file#rapid-power-user-extension

  An extension to seamlessly integrate Rapid as your primary OSM web editor. Some features:
  
  1. Redirects the OSM.org Edit button to open in Rapid
  2. Integrates Strava Heatmap overlays into Rapid (credit to the original [id-strava-heatmap extension](https://github.com/cmoffroad/id-strava-heatmap-extension) for some of the code) and lets you choose which heatmap color to use and the opacity of the heatmap.
  3. Allows you to change most Rapid default settings
  
  === Using ===
  
  When installed, the plugin will show up in your toolbar somewhere (it may be hidden behind an overflow icon at first). If the plugin icon is orange, then you need to log into Strava by clicking the plugin icon. Once you're logged in to Strava, load https://www.strava.com/maps/global-heatmap, the icon will turn pink (may need to refresh the page one time) and Strava support is enabled on the next Rapid page load.
  
  Note that Strava is experiementing with using Session cookies, so you might need to keep the heatmap open in a separate tab for it to work.
  
  If you don't want to use Strava, you can open the extension options (right click the plugin icon and click Options) and uncheck "Enable Strava" to hide all the Strava integration features.
  
  See the GitHub repo for a more in-depth overview: https://github.com/emersonveenstra/rapid-power-user-extension?tab=readme-ov-file#rapid-power-user-extension

Permissions & access

Permissions

cookiesdeclarativeNetRequeststorage

Host access

*://*.strava.com/*, *://*.openstreetmap.org/*, *://*.rapideditor.org/*

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