A personal‑software browser from an independent developer Ramazan Rakhmatullin (@ramz_wins) announced on X on July 21st, 2026 that he had built a full‑stack web browser capable of editing any site in real time. In a three‑part thread he outlined the core idea – a browser that behaves like a private version of the internet, pre‑loaded with the features he wishes existed on popular services. "I made a browser that can edit any website on the internet. So I added features I was missing – on YouTube, Gmail, Spotify. And fixed bugs their devs didn't. Basically, I made my own version of the internet, customized to myself. Welcome to the era of personal software" – Rakhmatullin, X, July 21st, 2026. The thread includes a short demo video showing the browser in action and a link to download the binary at airglow.dev (see tweet 3/3). The developer also notes that the product uses direct API access where possible and resorts to reverse‑engineering HTTP requests for sites without public APIs (tweet 2/3). How it differs from existing user‑script tools The functionality Rakhmatullin describes sounds similar to what browser extensions such as Greasemonkey, Tampermonkey, or Stylus provide: injecting JavaScript or CSS into pages to modify layout, add shortcuts, or auto‑fill forms. However, those extensions run on top of an existing browser engine and must be manually configured per site. Airglow, by contrast, appears to ship its own rendering engine (or a heavily customized Chromium fork) and embeds site‑specific patches directly into the core product. The demo shows a YouTube interface with a permanent "skip ad" button, a Gmail compose window with a custom template toolbar, and a Spotify player with an always‑visible volume slider – all without installing separate extensions. If the claims hold, Airglow could lower the barrier for non‑technical users who want a tailored browsing experience. Instead of writing or installing a script for each site, a user could simply enable a pre‑bu...
First seen: 2026-07-22 05:37
Last seen: 2026-07-22 05:37