Colab Autorun and Connect
Automatically connect, reconnect and optionally run the first cell of notebooks in Google Colab.
What is Colab Autorun and Connect?
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Summary
Automatically connect, reconnect and optionally run the first cell of notebooks in Google's Colaboratory (Colab) service.
- Automatically connects to notebooks
- Automatically reconnects to notebooks
- Optionally automatically runs the first cell
- Desktop notifications when the notebooks change state
- Optionally rotate through Colab tabs when the system is idle or locked *
- Page action popup with the notebooks status and a stopwatch
- Use a keyboard shortcut to quickly open the popup (by default
Ctrl
+Alt
+C
) - Detailed information output to the console
- Supports the light/dark mode of your system automatically
- Settings automatically synced between all browser instances and devices
- Follows the Firefox Photon Design
- Compatible with Firefox for Android
ℹ️ Note that this likely requires the Colab interface to be in English to work.
- Tab rotate does not currently work well on Windows because of Bug 1615885.
Please do NOT use this add-on for doing cryptocurrency mining, as that is disallowed in Colab.
Reviews are not monitored for bug reports. Please use the GitHub repository to report any issues or make feature requests: https://github.com/tdulcet/Colab-Autorun-and-Connect
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Risk impact
Colab Autorun and Connect is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Colab Autorun and Connect if you trust the publisher.
Risk likelihood
Colab Autorun and Connect has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.