4chan XK is a script forked from 4chan X that adds various features to anonymous imageboards, forked for circlerjerks. It was originally developed for 4chan but has no affiliation with it.
It was previously developed by ccd0, aeosynth, Mayhem, ihavenoface, Zixaphir, Seaweed, and Spittie, with contributions from many others.
If you're looking for a maintained fork of OneeChan (a style script used in addition to 4chan XK), try https://github.com/KevinParnell/OneeChan.
Uninstalling: 4chan XK disables the native extension, so if you uninstall 4chan XK, you'll need to re-enable it. To do this, click the [Settings]
link in the top right corner, uncheck "Disable the native extension
" in the panel that appears, and click the "Save Settings
" button. If you don't see a "Save Settings
" button, it may be being hidden by your ad blocker.
Private browsing: By default, 4chan XK remembers your last read post in a thread and which posts were made by you, even if you are in private browsing / incognito mode. If you want to turn this off, uncheck the Remember Last Read Post
and Remember Your Posts
options in the settings panel. You can clear all 4chan browsing history saved by 4chan XK by resetting your settings.
Use of the "Link Title" feature to fetch titles of Youtube links is subject to Youtube's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For more details on what information is sent to Youtube and other sites, and how to turn it off if you don't want the feature, see 4chan XK's privacy documentation.
Install Violentmonkey, Tampermonkey, or Greasemonkey (issues since v4: #2526, #2576), then click here to install 4chan XK.
Ports of Greasemonkey are available for SeaMonkey and Pale Moon.
Userscript: Install Violentmonkey or Tampermonkey, then click here to install 4chan XK.
Chrome extension: 4chan XK is also available as a standalone Chrome extension. The Chrome extension has the additional feature of being able to sync your settings and data with other devices via Chrome Sync. But there is an issue when the script updates: Whenever the Chrome extension is updated, until you hard refresh (F5) the tab, 4chan XK is unable to save any data (such as posts marked as yours and settings changes). The userscript version above does not have this problem when 4chan XK updates, only when Violentmonkey / Tampermonkey is updated. To install as a Chrome extension:
- Chromium, Vivaldi: Download 4chan XK, then open
chrome://extensions
and drag the downloaded file onto the page.**. - Opera: Click to install 4chan XK, then follow the prompts to activate it in your extension manager.
- Chrome: Install 4chan XK from the Chrome store.
Note: This version of 4chan XK does not work with Opera 12. If you need Opera 12 support, try loadletter's fork instead.
Install the Userscripts extension. Enable it by pressing โ,
, navigating to the extensions pane and checking Userscripts
checkbox. Now open the Userscripts editor by clicking on the </>
button in the taskbar. Then click on the +
button and select the New Javascript
option. Replace the default text with the contents of the 4chan XK script. Finally save it by pressing โs
.
Several minimal browsers have support for userscripts and can run 4chan XK. Due to the lack of the cross-site GM_* API, and lack of support for userscripts in iframes, not all features will work. You may experience crashes when repeatedly solving the default image-based captchas. You can avoid this problem by enabling Use Recaptcha v1
in your settings.
-
dwb: Install the userscripts extension, then save the script to the
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/dwb/greasemonkey
or$HOME/.config/dwb/greasemonkey
directory (creating it if necessary):dwbem -N -i userscripts wget -P ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/dwb/greasemonkey https://github.com/ErinSteph/4chan-xk/blob/master/builds/4chan-XK.user.js?raw=true
-
Midori: Enable
User addons
in your preferences, under the Extensions tab. In the Privacy tab, checkEnable HTML5 local storage support
. Optionally, if you want 4chan XK to be able to open new tabs when you start or reply to a thread, you will need to checkAllow scripts to open popups
under the Behavior tab. Then click the link to the script to install it. -
Luakit: Navigate to the script, then type the command
:usi
to install it. -
uzbl: Install the script from https://github.com/singpolyma/singpolyma/blob/master/uzbl/data/scripts/userscript.sh, enable it in your config file, and then save 4chan XK to
$XDG_DATA_HOME/uzbl/userscripts
(or$HOME/.local/share/uzbl/userscripts
). The commands below assume you have run uzbl at least once to create its config file.wget -P "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/uzbl/scripts" https://raw.githubusercontent.com/singpolyma/singpolyma/master/uzbl/data/scripts/userscript.sh chmod +x "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/uzbl/scripts/userscript.sh" echo '@on_event LOAD_COMMIT spawn @scripts_dir/userscript.sh document-start' >> "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/uzbl/config" echo '@on_event LOAD_FINISH spawn @scripts_dir/userscript.sh document-end' >> "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/uzbl/config" wget -P "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/uzbl/userscripts" https://github.com/ErinSteph/4chan-xk/blob/master/builds/4chan-XK.user.js?raw=true
-
qutebrowser: Save the script to the
$XDG_DATA_HOME/qutebrowser/greasemonkey
or$HOME/.local/share/qutebrowser/greasemonkey
directory:wget -P ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/qutebrowser/greasemonkey https://github.com/ErinSteph/4chan-xk/blob/master/builds/4chan-XK.user.js?raw=true
Install Tampermonkey, then click here to install 4chan XK.
4chan XK can be used in some browsers that do not support userscripts using a local proxy. Not all features will work.
New features and non-urgent bugfixes are released on the beta channel for further testing before they are moved the stable version. Please report any issues you find, and be sure to mention which version you're using. You should back up your settings regularly to prevent them from being lost due to bugs.
To install the beta version and get updates whenever there's a new beta version:
- Install userscript (use with Greasemonkey / Violentmonkey / Tampermonkey / JS Blocker / etc.)
- Download Chrome extension (download and drag to
chrome://extensions
)
To install the current beta version but get updates from the stable channel (for example, if just you want a particular recent feature):
If you encounter a bug, try the steps here, then report it to the issue tracker. If the bug seems to be caused by a script update, you can install a old version from the changelog.