Ladybird: no-code buttons, links and tooltips

Tracking since Apr 10, 2026.

Changelog

• May 3, 2026
  description

  Ladybird helps you customize websites with no-code UI elements, hidden rules, and reusable automation flows.
  
  WHAT IT DOES
  
  - Add buttons, links, tooltips, and areas to pages without writing code.
  - Build flows that can click, input, wait, assert, branch, loop, navigate, log, read data sources, set runtime variables, and show popup confirmations.
  - Hide distracting page elements with manual hidden rules.
  - Enable built-in automatic ad blocking with a single global toggle.
  - Review saved site data in Overview and manage import/export in Settings.
  
  CORE FEATURES
  
  Elements / Flows / Hidden / Overview / Settings
  - Manage injected UI elements and automation flows from the side panel.
  - Use Overview to inspect saved site data per site and remove data when needed.
  
  Flow Builder
  - Create reusable runtime variables with `set-variable` steps.
  - Reuse values across steps with tokens such as `{{var.name}}`, `{{loop.index}}`, and `{{row.index}}`.
  - Load CSV/TSV data sources and run steps per row.
  - Show popup checkpoints with custom messages before continuing a flow.
  
  Hidden Rules
  - Add manual hidden rules for the current site.
  - Built-in ad blocking is global and separate from your manual hidden-rule list.
  
  Password Vault
  - Save reusable passwords for flow input steps in a locally encrypted Password Vault.
  - Password fields are protected from plain-text flow storage by policy.
  - If a flow needs the vault while the side panel is closed, Ladybird can prompt for vault unlock directly on the page and continue the current step.
  
  Import / Export
  - Export saved configuration as JSON.
  - Export can optionally include Password Vault data after vault-password confirmation.
  - Import supports restoring saved configuration and optional vault data.
  
  Multi-language UI
  - English / Japanese / Simplified Chinese interface support.
  
  TYPICAL USE CASES
  
  - Add quick action buttons to frequently used websites
  - Reuse form-filling flows for repeated tasks
  - Run semi-automated flows with popup confirmations and variables
  - Hide banners, repeated UI sections, or common ads you do not want to see
  
  PRIVACY & SECURITY
  
  - Data is stored locally in `chrome.storage.local` unless you export it.
  - Password Vault data is encrypted locally.
  - Ladybird does not upload your configuration data to a telemetry backend.
  - Exported files are your responsibility to store securely.
  - If you forget the vault password, vault contents cannot be recovered and must be reset.
  
  LIMITATIONS
  
  - Some sites may change DOM structure frequently, which can break selectors.
  - Some sites with strict CSP or highly dynamic pages may reduce injection stability.
  - Cross-origin iframe automation is limited and may not work in all cases.
  - Automation only runs based on your configuration and page state; site compatibility is not guaranteed.
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  ver 2.0.0
  This update focuses on Password Vault usability and flow run recovery.
  
  - Improved password input binding UX in flows, with clearer vault-based guidance for password fields.
  - Added a reset flow for forgotten Password Vault passwords (vault contents cannot be recovered; you can reset and rebind).
  - Improved handling for broken vault bindings after reset, with clearer prompts to rebind missing passwords.
  
  Flow run experience improvements:
  - When a flow needs the vault while the side panel is closed, Ladybird can now show an in-page vault unlock prompt and continue from the current step after unlock.
  - Clearer feedback when unlock is cancelled or interrupted by page refresh/navigation.
  - Popup step UI is more visible and easier to confirm.
  
  Also includes stability and UI/i18n polish across recent screens.
  ---
  ver 2.0.1
  This release expands flow authoring and simplifies built-in ad blocking.
  
  - Added runtime variables with `set-variable`, including reusable `{{var.name}}` tokens across later steps.
  - Added `{{loop.index}}` and `{{row.index}}` tokens for loop and data-source steps.
  - `set-variable` can now read values from page elements by selector.
  - Improved the step editor with variable shortcuts in more fields and more consistent mode-switch tabs.
  - Automatic ad blocking is now a built-in global feature instead of per-site stored rules.
  - Hidden Rules UI now separates manual site rules from the global automatic ad-blocking toggle.
  
  Also includes UI, i18n, and flow-runner polish across recent screens.

  Ladybird helps you customize websites with no-code UI elements, hidden rules, and reusable automation flows.
  
  WHAT IT DOES
  
  - Add buttons, links, tooltips, and areas to pages without writing code.
  - Build flows that can click, input, wait, assert, branch, loop, navigate, log, read data sources, set runtime variables, and show popup confirmations.
  - Hide distracting page elements with manual hidden rules.
  - Enable built-in automatic ad blocking with a single global toggle.
  - Review saved site data in Overview and manage import/export in Settings.
  
  CORE FEATURES
  
  Elements / Flows / Hidden / Overview / Settings
  - Manage injected UI elements and automation flows from the side panel.
  - Use Overview to inspect saved site data per site and remove data when needed.
  
  Flow Builder
  - Create reusable runtime variables with `set-variable` steps.
  - Reuse values across steps with tokens such as `{{var.name}}`, `{{loop.index}}`, and `{{row.index}}`.
  - Load CSV/TSV data sources and run steps per row.
  - Show popup checkpoints with custom messages before continuing a flow.
  
  Hidden Rules
  - Add manual hidden rules for the current site.
  - Built-in ad blocking is global and separate from your manual hidden-rule list.
  
  Password Vault
  - Save reusable passwords for flow input steps in a locally encrypted Password Vault.
  - Password fields are protected from plain-text flow storage by policy.
  - If a flow needs the vault while it is locked, Ladybird opens a dedicated extension-owned window for the master password (the password never enters the page) and resumes from the current step on success.
  
  Import / Export
  - Export saved configuration as JSON.
  - Export can optionally include Password Vault data after vault-password confirmation.
  - Import supports restoring saved configuration and optional vault data.
  
  Multi-language UI
  - English / Japanese / Simplified Chinese interface support.
  
  TYPICAL USE CASES
  
  - Add quick action buttons to frequently used websites
  - Reuse form-filling flows for repeated tasks
  - Run semi-automated flows with popup confirmations and variables
  - Hide banners, repeated UI sections, or common ads you do not want to see
  
  PRIVACY & SECURITY
  
  - Data is stored locally in `chrome.storage.local` unless you export it.
  - Password Vault data is encrypted locally.
  - Ladybird does not upload your configuration data to a telemetry backend.
  - Exported files are your responsibility to store securely.
  - If you forget the vault password, vault contents cannot be recovered and must be reset.
  
  LIMITATIONS
  
  - Some sites may change DOM structure frequently, which can break selectors.
  - Some sites with strict CSP or highly dynamic pages may reduce injection stability.
  - Cross-origin iframe automation is limited and may not work in all cases.
  - Automation only runs based on your configuration and page state; site compatibility is not guaranteed.
  -----
  ver 2.0.0
  This update focuses on Password Vault usability and flow run recovery.
  
  - Improved password input binding UX in flows, with clearer vault-based guidance for password fields.
  - Added a reset flow for forgotten Password Vault passwords (vault contents cannot be recovered; you can reset and rebind).
  - Improved handling for broken vault bindings after reset, with clearer prompts to rebind missing passwords.
  
  Flow run experience improvements:
  - When a flow needs the vault while the side panel is closed, Ladybird can now show an in-page vault unlock prompt and continue from the current step after unlock.
  - Clearer feedback when unlock is cancelled or interrupted by page refresh/navigation.
  - Popup step UI is more visible and easier to confirm.
  
  Also includes stability and UI/i18n polish across recent screens.
  ---
  ver 2.0.2
  This release focuses on Password Vault security and iframe support.
  
  - Password Vault: the master password is now entered in a dedicated extension-owned window, so page scripts can no longer observe it (it is no longer typed into the page).
  - Flows can now target elements inside iframes via per-step frame matching captured at recording time.
  - Long-running flows are now safely failed when the browser suspends the background worker mid-run, instead of getting stuck.
  - Stronger vault encryption (PBKDF2 hardened to 600k rounds; the AES key is kept non-extractable inside the service worker).
  
  Also includes sidepanel and flow-runner polish across recent screens.

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