OpenBlur Chrome extension

Automatically hide and blur sensitive information on any webpage.

This project is under active development. Pull requests and issues are welcome.

Use cases

• Hide sensitive information in presentations, videos and screenshots.
• Blur sensitive information in public places such as coffee shops.

Examples of sensitive information

• Personal information (e.g. names, addresses, phone numbers, emails).
• Technical information (e.g. IP addresses, serial numbers, API tokens).
• Financial information (e.g. credit card numbers, bank account numbers).
• Any other information that you don't want to be seen by others.

Installation

Option 1. Install from Chrome Web Store

OpenBlur on Chrome Web Store

Option 2. Install from release as an unpacked extension

Install OpenBlur from GitHub release video instructions

Option 3. Build from source

• npm install
• npm run build
• Load the dist folder as an unpacked extension in Chrome

Updating dependencies

We strive to keep our dependencies up to date.

Check for outdated dependencies:

npm outdated

Update dependencies:

npm update

If some dependencies are not updated, you can manually update them like:

npm install package-name@latest