Haketilo

# Installation instructions ((Ungoogled) Chromium)

Here we'll describe how to install Haketilo as an *Unpacked Extension*. Chromium extensions are most often installed from Chrome Web Store but it has serious privacy and freedom problems.

Although installation as Unpacked Extension is meant mainly for developers during testing, it is also simple enough for casual users. We also have plans to start distributing Haketilo as a .crx file, so you can come back here from time to time and see if this is already an option.

*Note: If you want, you can also follow [this](https://avoidthehack.com/manually-install-extensions-ungoogled-chromium) third-party guide to generate a .crx file yourself and install from it.*

## Browser compatibility

Haketilo is currently compatible with recent (versions 90+) versions of Ungoogled Chromium and derivatives. Older versions might work as well but were not tested.

Although Haketilo should also run fine under the standard, non-Ungoogled Chromium and Google Chrome, these browsers are ~~malware~~ unrecommended due to serious privacy and freedom violations.

## Steps

First, download the extension's .zip file from the [[Releases]] page. You are encouraged to also download the provided PGP and Signify signatures of the file and verify them and described [[Verifying signatures|here]]. Once you made sure the zip file hasn't been tampered with, extract its contents to some directory. Here we use `/tmp/hachette`. Then, go to the `chrome://extensions` URL. In the extensions management page that shows up, you need to enable developer mode using toggle in the top right of the page. Once you do so, you should see a "Load unpacked" button. Click it.

![chrome extensions page](chrome_extensions.png)

Navigate to the extracted directory and choose it.

![navigating to the extension directory](navigate_extension_dir.png)

Your browser has just installed Haketilo. You can now delete the extracted directory and disable developer mode. If you want Haketilo's icon to be permanently visible in the top right corner of your browser window, click on the extensions icon and on Haketilo's pin icon as shown below.

![pinning extension icon](chrome_hachette_installed.png)

That's it. You can now play a bit with the extension and [[User manual#Understanding-the-concepts|learn how it works]]. Also, make sure you realize its [[Known limitations|limitations]].