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Chrome extension

Soviet Time Retro Filter

A non-political visual-history filter for the active Chrome tab. Apply constructivist, print, archive, and terminal-inspired treatments with texture control and instant undo.

Reviewer checklist Privacy
Prepared release Version 0.1.0 package is ready for Chrome Web Store upload. Non-political No leaders, flags, official symbols, or affiliation claims. Narrow access Uses activeTab and scripting only after a user click.
Current tab onlyUses activeTab after you click.
Five presetsConstructivist, Metro Night, Newsprint, CRT 1986, and Archive Sepia.
Non-politicalNo leaders, flags, or official symbols.

Overview

A historical visual treatment for the page you choose.

Definition. Soviet Time Retro Filter is a Chrome extension that applies non-political constructivist, newsprint, archive, and terminal-inspired visual treatments to the active tab after a user click.

Primary job. Use it for visual-history comparisons, stylized screenshots, retro browsing sessions, and demos where instant undo matters.

Scope. It changes only the temporary presentation of the current page. It does not recreate official services, political organizations, leaders, flags, or symbols.

Browser proof

Real E2E screenshot with the retro filter applied.

Soviet Time Retro Filter applied to a browser test page

The treatment restyles text, panels, color, texture, and frame elements while keeping page controls visible.

How it works

Apply a historical visual treatment without changing page content.

1Open a normal http or https page.

2Click the extension icon and choose Constructivist or another preset.

3Adjust Texture if desired.

4Click Turn off to remove the filter.

Limitations. The treatment is a visual approximation. Chrome internal pages, extension pages, PDFs, empty tabs, and some protected pages cannot be changed.

Privacy

Local treatment, narrow permissions.

No collection. The extension does not collect page text, form values, cookies, account data, screenshots, files, analytics, or browsing history.

Permissions. activeTab gives temporary access to the current tab after a click. scripting adds and removes the local visual treatment.

No project backend. There are no accounts, ads, remote code, or extension-side analytics.

FAQ

Reviewer and user questions.

Is this political? No. It is a non-political visual-history filter and avoids leaders, flags, official symbols, and affiliation claims.

Does it edit website content? No. It injects removable visual styles and leaves document content unchanged.

Why does it not work on some pages? Chrome blocks extension scripting on internal pages, extension pages, empty tabs, PDFs, and some protected pages.