Extensions

IT Tools

Access 410+ developer and IT tools directly from Vicinae

Browse and quickly open a comprehensive collection of IT tools including encoders, decoders, converters, formatters, generators, and utilities for everyday development tasks.

This tool is built on top of https://github.com/sharevb/it-tools, which is a fork of the original https://github.com/CorentinTh/it-tools.

it-tools

Features

  • 410+ Tools: Access a vast collection of developer utilities
  • Quick Search: Find tools instantly with keyword-based search
  • Flexible Configuration: Use the public IT-tools.tech or your own self-hosted instance
  • One-Click Access: Open any tool directly in your browser
  • Copy URLs: Quickly copy tool URLs to your clipboard

Tool Categories

This extension provides access to tools in various categories:

  • Converters: Base64, Hex, Binary, Unicode, and more
  • Encoders/Decoders: URL, HTML, JWT, QR Code, and others
  • Generators: UUID, Hash, Password, Lorem Ipsum, and more
  • Formatters: JSON, XML, SQL, CSS, and others
  • Text Tools: Case converter, diff checker, regex tester, and more
  • Network Tools: IP analyzer, CIDR calculator, DNS lookup, and more
  • Crypto: Hash generators, encryption/decryption tools
  • Math: Base converter, number converter, calculator
  • Date & Time: Unix timestamp, date converter, timezone tools
  • And many more...

Usage

  1. Open Vicinae
  2. Type "IT Tools" to find the command
  3. Press Enter to open the tools list
  4. Search for the tool you need
  5. Press Enter to open the tool in your browser
  6. Or press Cmd/Ctrl + C to copy the tool URL

Configuration

Base URL

By default, this extension uses a public IT-tools instance at https://sharevb-it-tools.vercel.app/. You can configure a custom base URL in the extension preferences if you're running your own IT-tools instance.

Development & Contribution

Follow the Vicinae extensions guidelines.

Updating Tools List

The tools list is maintained in src/tools-data.json. To update it with the latest tools from IT-Tools:

  1. Visit the IT-Tools homepage
  2. Open browser console
  3. Run the extraction script (see below) in your console.
  4. Update src/tools-data.json with the results
(() => {
  const items = [...document.querySelectorAll(".grid-wrapper > .grid > a")].map(a => {
    const nameEl = a.querySelector(".text-lg") || a.querySelector("[class*='text-lg']");
    const descEl = a.querySelector(".line-clamp-2") || a.querySelector("[class*='line-clamp']");
    const svgEl = a.querySelector("svg");

    const name = nameEl?.textContent?.trim() ?? "";
    const description = descEl?.textContent?.trim() ?? "";
    const path = new URL(a.getAttribute("href") || a.href, location.origin).pathname.replace(/^\/|\/$/g, "");
    const icon = (svgEl && `data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,${encodeURIComponent(svgEl.outerHTML.trim())}`) || "";

    return { name, path, description, icon };
  });

  return items;
})();