Last updated: 2026-06-22
Shadowsmith runs entirely on your device and has no backend. The short version: it reads nothing off your pages and nothing leaves your browser.
Shadowsmith has no server, no account, no analytics, and no tracking. We (the developer) never receive any data from you. The extension makes no network requests of any kind.
When you pick an element, Shadowsmith injects a small picker overlay and then changes the CSS box-shadow / text-shadow of the single element you click — via Chrome's activeTab permission, only on the tab you click the icon on, only at that moment. It restyles the element you choose; it does not read or extract the page's content. The element's original inline shadow is remembered in memory and restored exactly when you press Reset or close the page. No host permissions are requested.
Your shadow settings (the layer values and box/text mode) are saved only on your device using Chrome's storage API. This never leaves your machine and can be cleared by removing the extension.
activeTab — act on the tab you click the icon on, at that moment, to pick and restyle the chosen element.scripting — inject the picker / apply / restore code into that tab.storage — remember your shadow settings locally.Questions: [email protected]
Any changes will be posted at this URL with an updated date.