Human-First Search

Filter out AI-generated content from search engines.

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Description

This extension helps finding a human-made content, mostly relying on URL parameters that certain search engines support.

You can customize the date range when the content was posted.

You can disable certain UI elements related to AI on search results pages.

You can exclude websites from your search results.

Search Engines Support

	Date	Exclude/Include URLs	UI elements
Google	✅	✅	✅
DuckDuckGo	✅	✅	✅
Bing	✅	✅	✅
Brave	✅	✅	✅

Permissions

• tabs: For query parameters modifications in ManifestV3 browsers
• webRequest and webRequestBlocking: Monitor and modify URLs when needed
• declarativeNetRequest: Used in ManifestV3 browsers for creating network rules
• storage: Save and retrieve user preferences and settings

Resources

Huge thanks to Nicholas Taylor for his article about Bing Date Search Operators. The best explanation for Bing search operators I've come across!

And thanks to Zach! Google AI Overviews Blocker was an inspiration for this project.

Usage Notes

The extension manifest is defined in src/manifest.js and used by @samrum/vite-plugin-web-extension in the vite config.

Background, content scripts, options, and popup entry points exist in the src/entries directory.

Content scripts are rendered by src/entries/contentScript/renderContent.js which renders content within a ShadowRoot and handles style injection for HMR and build modes.

Otherwise, the project functions just like a regular Vite project.

To switch between Manifest V2 and Manifest V3 builds, use the MANIFEST_VERSION environment variable defined in .env

HMR during development in Manifest V3 requires Chromium version >= 110.0.5480.0.

Refer to @samrum/vite-plugin-web-extension for more usage notes.

Project Setup

npm install

You can customize your build via .env file

MANIFEST_VERSION=3
FIREFOX_BUILD=0

• MANIFEST_VERSION - manifest version you want to use (2 or 3)
• FIREFOX_BUILD - is the build for Firefox (0 - no, 1 - yes)

Project Setup

npm install

Commands

Build

Development, HMR

Hot Module Reloading is used to load changes inline without requiring extension rebuilds and extension/page reloads Currently only works in Chromium based browsers.

npm run dev

Development, Watch

Rebuilds extension on file changes. Requires a reload of the extension (and page reload if using content scripts)

npm run watch

Production

Minifies and optimizes extension build

npm run build

Load extension in browser

Loads the contents of the dist directory into the specified browser

npm run serve:chrome

npm run serve:firefox

License

GPLv3.