RustCLI

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# RustCLI — Browser Bridge for Command-Line Tools

Connect your Chrome browser to the RustCLI command-line tool. Reuse existing browser sessions and cookies so you don't need to re-authenticate when scraping websites from the command line.

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✨ KEY FEATURES

🌐 **Session Reuse**
Share cookies and logged-in sessions between Chrome and RustCLI CLI. No more managing tokens separately — just log in once in your browser and use the same session from the command line.

🍪 **Cookie Access**
Read cookies from any domain directly from your CLI commands. Perfect for web scraping, API testing, and automation that requires authenticated access.

📋 **Tab Management**
List, open, and close tabs programmatically from the command line. Automate browsing workflows with ease.

⚡ **Fast & Lightweight**
Built with modern Manifest V3, uses minimal resources. Native messaging connects to your local RustCLI daemon with low latency.

🔐 **Privacy First**
All communication is local between Chrome and your RustCLI daemon. No data ever leaves your machine, no tracking, no analytics.
 
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🚀 HOW IT WORKS

1. Install the rustcli-rs command-line tool on your machine
2. Start the RustCLI daemon (`rustcli daemon`)
3. Install this browser extension
4. The extension automatically connects to the local daemon
5. Now your CLI commands can access browser cookies and tabs

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📋 REQUIREMENTS

• You need to have the `rustcli-rs` command-line tool installed and running locally on your machine
• The daemon listens on `ws://localhost:19825` by default
• Supports all platforms (macOS, Linux, Windows) where rustcli runs

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💡 PERFECT FOR

• Developers doing web scraping and automation
• Researchers who need authenticated access to websites from CLI
• Anyone who wants to integrate command-line tools with their browser
• Users of rustcli who want full browser integration