kylejlin / explain-xkcd

Allows you to open the explanation wiki for any xkcd comic with the click of a button.

explain xkcd Chrome Extension

Install it here!

A Chrome Extension that allows you to open the explanation wiki for any xkcd comic with the click of a button.

Whenever I don't understand an xkcd comic, I open a new tab and type "explain xkcd {title of comic I don't understand}" and click the first result. While this approach works fine, I'm too lazy to spend 5 seconds Googling the explanation myself, so I made this extension.

Now, you can click on the picture of man with the black hat at the top right of your browser and instantly navigate to the explanation page.

Development

git clone https://github.com/kylejlin/explain-xkcd.git
cd explain-xkcd
chmod +x build

Then you can use

./build

to zip up the necessary files for distribution. The resulting zip file can be found at ./artifacts/explain-xkcd.zip.

Photo Credits

Default icon (Black Hat): Randall Munroe - from xkcd.com/1023 "Kill Hitler"