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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 1, 2026	4	—	—	1.2.7
Apr 16, 2026	5	—	—	1.2.7
Apr 22, 2026	43	—	—	1.4.1
Apr 27, 2026	15	—	—	1.4.1
May 4, 2026	20	—	—	1.4.1
May 10, 2026	29	—	—	1.4.1
May 15, 2026	28	—	—	1.4.1
May 21, 2026	22	—	—	1.4.1
May 28, 2026	23	—	—	1.4.3
Jun 4, 2026	17	—	—	1.4.3
Jun 9, 2026	22	—	—	1.4.3
Now	25	—	—	1.4.3

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Apr 16, 2026

description

Hover over image or video thumbnails or links to instantly preview the full-size version in a high-performance floating popup. MediaPiper is not just another previewer; it is a modern, intelligent discovery engine designed for professional research and fast media workflows.

**The Mission: From Brittle Rules to Intelligent Discovery**
MediaPiper began as a passion project to solve a fundamental problem: the outdated, manual "sieve" systems used by extensions like Imagus. These traditional systems rely on fragile, site-specific rules that break the moment a website changes its code. Not to mention, they're manually curated.

MediaPiper changes the game with its "Canary Pairs" concept. By using a sophisticated discovery system that automatically identifies image patterns and CDN structures, MediaPiper "learns" how to find full-size media on its own, site-specific rules are now optionally manual. If a pattern changes, the engine adapts. It’s self-healing, intelligent, and designed to stay out of your way.

**Key Features:**
1. **Intelligent Pattern Discovery:** Automatically resolves full-size image URLs via pattern analysis.
2. **Canary Pairs:** High-reliability verification anchors that ensure your favorite sites always work, even as they evolve.
3. **Standalone Media Viewer:** A dedicated environment for direct image URLs with advanced zoom, pan, and background toggles.
4. **Professional Workflow:** Fully configurable hover delays, popup positioning, and a robust set of hotkeys for power users.
5. **Animated GIF Controller:** Take command of loops and playback speed + "bounceback" reverse looping.
6. **Discovery Mode:** A built-in developer tool for authoring and exporting custom rules (sieves).
7. **AI-Powered Upscaling:** Take your media further by connecting to ToolPiper, our optional companion app, for local AI upscaling and processing.
8. **Privacy-First & Performance-Focused:** MediaPiper respects your privacy. There is no data collection, no external tracking, and no phone-home services. Everything-from pattern discovery to image resolution-runs 100% locally in your browser.

**A Personal Mission**
This project is actively maintained and built with love. If you find a bug or have a feature idea, you can reach out to the author anytime. We are building the future of media browsing together.

### Release Notes (v0.1.0)
- Initial public release of the MediaPiper Discovery Engine.
- Introduced "Canary Pairs" for self-healing site support.
- Added Discovery Mode for rule authoring.
- Full hotkey support for professional workflows.
- Optional integration with ToolPiper for AI upscaling.

MediaPiper Overview
Hover over image or video thumbnails or links to instantly preview the full-size version in a high-performance floating popup. MediaPiper is not just another previewer - it is a modern, intelligent discovery engine designed for professional research and fast media workflows.

Intelligent Discovery Engine
MediaPiper replaces the brittle, manually-curated "sieve" systems used by extensions like Imagus. Traditional systems rely on fragile, site-specific rules that break the moment a website changes its code.

MediaPiper resolves full-size URLs via real-time pattern analysis and CDN detection.
1. Canary Pairs - High-reliability verification anchors that keep your favorite sites working as they evolve
2. Discovery Mode - Optionally use built-in developer tool for authoring and exporting custom rules
3. Smart Prefetch - Configurable pre-resolution tiers from Light to YOLO, with pagination support

MediaPiper changes the game with "Canary Pairs" - a discovery system that automatically identifies image patterns and CDN structures. MediaPiper learns how to find full-size media on its own. If a pattern changes, the engine adapts. Self-healing, intelligent, and designed to stay out of your way.

Automatic Pattern Discovery

Image
A complete image browsing toolkit, from casual preview to professional workflow.

1. Full-Size Preview - Hover any thumbnail to instantly see the largest available version in a floating popup
2. Standalone Viewer - Dedicated viewer for direct image URLs with dark/light background toggle
3. Advanced Transform - Zoom, pan, rotate (fine and coarse), flip horizontal/vertical, and dial control with snap angles
4. Multiple Fit Modes - Contain, fill width, fill height, or actual size - switchable on the fly
5. Copy Anything - Copy URL, copy as Markdown, or copy the image itself to clipboard
6. Saved Items - Build a personal collection of up to 5,000 saved images with bulk management
7. Background Image Detection - Detects and previews CSS background images, not just img tags

Video
Full video control inside the popup - no need to leave the page.

1. Inline Video Preview - Hover video thumbnails and links to preview with autoplay, mute, and loop
2. Frame-by-Frame Navigation - Step forward and backward one frame at a time
3. Speed Control - Speed up or slow down playback with keyboard shortcuts
4. A/B Loop - Set loop points and bounce (reverse) between them for precise review
5. Screenshot Capture - Grab any frame as PNG, JPEG, or WebP
6. GIF Controller - Full playback control for animated GIFs, including bounceback reverse looping
7. AI (via ToolPiper)
8. On-device AI processing powered by Apple Silicon. No cloud, no GPU bottleneck, no API keys

AI Upscaling with the ToolPiper companion app (MacOS only)
1. PiperSR 2x Video Upscale
Real-time video super-resolution running on Apple Neural Engine at up to 44 FPS
2. SPAN 4x Image Upscale - CoreML-powered image super-resolution. Upscale any web image in one click
3. OCR - Extract and copy text from any web image instantly
4. 100% Local - All AI inference runs on your Mac via ToolPiper, our free companion app

Professional Workflow
1. 40+ Keyboard Shortcuts - Fully remappable hotkeys for every action.
2. Configurable Triggers - Hover-only or hover+key, adjustable delays, and three close modes.
3. Toolbar Control - Auto-hide, always-on, or hidden. Top or bottom positioning.
4. Site Filtering - Blocklist or allowlist mode with per-site image, video, and detection blocking.
5. Privacy-First - No data collection, no tracking, no phone-home. Everything runs 100% locally in your browser.

A Personal Mission
This project is actively maintained and built with love by a solo developer. If you find a bug or have a feature idea, reach out anytime. We are building the future of media browsing together.

Release Notes (v1.4.1)
1. Huge improvements to sieve auto-discovery
2. Introducing optional AI discovery
3. New extension dropdown for the current site's sieve info
4. Standalone video pages now have a full-width scrub-bar
5. New zoom options (by request - see settings)
6. Refactored internals for faster browsing
7. Option page updates like discovery
8. Updated bundled sieves
9: Bug fixes and optimizations

Apr 16, 2026

permissions

storage, activeTab, clipboardWrite

storage, activeTab, clipboardWrite, alarms

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Permissions: storageactiveTabclipboardWritealarms
Host access: <all_urls>

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