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Clacks Overhead Broadcaster

by Clacks@ProfDeCube.com · Just for Fun
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Adds the GNU Terry Pratchett message to the X-Clacks-Overhead header

Users
50
−4 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
2
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#108K
#90K among extensions
Version
1.0.0
updated 21 Oct 2024

Users

monthly, 2 years
02958Oct 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 50 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 2 years
012Oct 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 2 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Clacks Overhead Broadcaster

This extension adds the X-Clacks-Overhead header to all request, a completely harmless addition but allows the requested server to acknowledge the message. Several web servers already carry the X-Clacks-Overhead header as a way to immortalise and remember those we have lost. X-Clacks-Overhead is a non-standardised HTTP header based upon the fictional work of the late, great, Sir Terry Pratchett, in particular the Discworld novel Going Postal and the Clacks towers. The header value defaults to GNU Terry Pratchett, the message breaks down as follows: G: Send the message onto the next Clacks Tower. N: Do not log the message. U: At the end of the line, return the message. In the novel, the nature of the 'GNU' code would keep the name of John Dearheart forever transmitting through The Clacks network so long as the network still existed, and we can do the same with the X-Clacks-Overhead header. "A man is not dead while his name is still spoken."

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+1+2.0%00.00
30 days−4−7.4%00.00
6 months−3−5.7%00.00
1 year+17+51.5%00.00

Version history

1 versions recorded
1.0.021 Oct 2024

Details

Category
Just for Fun
First seen
21 Oct 2024
Size
35 KB
Languages
en-GB
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
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Permissions and risk

Low riskimpact 2, likelihood 1
Permissions
declarativeNetRequest
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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