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X Copy Tweet is a lightweight browser extension designed to enhance your experience on X.com (formerly Twitter) by adding a convenient Copy Tweet button to every real tweet. This cross-browser extension supports Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, Firefox, and Safari, ensuring a seamless experience across different platforms. The extension utilizes a unified /src codebase with platform-specific build folders, making it easy to maintain and update.<h3>Key Features</h3><ul><li>Detects Real Tweets: Modifies only &lt;article&gt; elements containing tweet text.</li><li>Skips Notifications: No button appears for likes, replies, mentions, follows, suggestions, or system notifications.</li><li>Injects Copy Button: The button becomes the first icon in the action bar, maintaining native UX.</li><li>Copy Functionality: Click to copy text and show a toast notification, using navigator.clipboard.writeText or a fallback for Safari/Firefox.</li></ul><h3>Installation Instructions</h3>For Chrome-based browsers, enable Developer mode and load the unpacked extension from the /chrome folder. For Firefox, load the temporary add-on from /firefox/manifest.json. Safari users require Xcode to build and run the extension.<h3>Future Enhancements</h3><ul><li>Copy full thread</li><li>Copy tweet + username</li><li>Options page</li><li>Publish to Chrome Web Store</li><li>Firefox .xpi packaging</li><li>Safari App Store distribution</li></ul>Licensed under the MIT License, this extension is free to use, modify, and distribute. Contribute to its development on GitHub and enhance your productivity with one-click tweet copying.