Show HN: Hover – IDE style hover documentation on any webpage

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Summary

Hover Hover over code on any webpage to see documentation. Like your IDE, but everywhere. Works on documentation sites and AI chat apps like ChatGPT and Claude. Setup Note: This extension is coming to the chrome web store soon and will be linked here when available. 1. Build the extension bun install && bun run build 2. Load in Chrome Navigate to chrome://extensions → Enable Developer Mode → Load Unpacked → Select the dist_chrome folder 3. Configure API Click the extension icon, go to Settings, and add your OpenRouter API key or configure a custom OpenAI client compatible endpoint. OpenRouter Custom Endpoint 4. Configure websites Set which websites the extension runs on using URL patterns (e.g. *://*.github.com/* ). Development bun run dev # Dev server bun run build # Production build and lint bun run lint # Lint bun run format # Format bun run package # Build and create hover-extension.zip for Chrome Web Store Optional: Create .env to bundle an API key into dev builds: VITE_OPEN_ROUTER_API_KEY=your-key Testing See scripts/README.md for evaluation tools. Known Issues & Future Improvements See TASKS.md for a list of known issues and planned improvements. Privacy See PRIVACY.md for details on data handling. License MIT

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