{"id":45782553,"title":"Show HN: Trimless for Gmail V3 – Auto-Expand Clipped Messages (Manifest V3)","points":2,"user":"R4FKEN","time":1762011762,"time_ago":"a day ago","type":"link","content":"

I'm an indie developer from Belgium who spent the last few weeks rebuilding an old Gmail extension because it was solving a problem I wanted fixed.

What I built is a browser extension that automatically expands clipped Gmail messages: the ones where Gmail truncates long emails and makes you hunt for that "View entire message" link every single time. It's just that: when you open an email, it expands automatically. You can also change the color of the auto-expanded text, and the amount of indentation. No other features: fully local, privacy-first.

For anyone processing dozens of emails daily, those small frictions add up. You don't realize how much it's costing you until it's gone.

When Chrome moved to Manifest V3, the old extension just broke. I was frustrated enough to fix it for myself. Once I did, I realized this wasn't some niche problem: people were asking for alternatives in Reddit threads, GitHub issues, and extension forums. So I thought: if I'm going to maintain this anyway, why not do it properly and see if other people would actually use it.

Everything runs locally in your browser: I'm not intercepting your email, analyzing it, or storing anything.

I've also added better error handling, and a sustainable business model so someone actually maintains this thing instead of it rotting on some unmaintained repo. The free tier gives you 7 days of full functionality, then 5 expansions per day, or you can go unlimited with a one-time $4.99 purchase or $1.99/month subscription. But honestly, most people hit the free tier and find it's enough. I'm not optimizing for maximum revenue extraction, I'm optimizing for keeping this maintained and useful.

Try it here: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/trimless-for-gmail-... – you get 7 days unlimited to see if it's worth keeping around. No credit card required for the trial.

I'd genuinely love to hear what you think, especially if you find edge cases where Gmail's UI behaves differently, or if you have ideas for what else might be worth a feature. I'm building this in public and genuinely iterating based on what people tell me.

Thanks for reading!\nRaf","url":"item?id=45782553","comments":[],"comments_count":0}