r/place Brush

A Chrome extension that adds a brush tool to rplace.live. Fully working as of 3/29/26.

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How To Use

Once the extension is loaded and you are on rplace.live, select a color from the palette. Then, you can use the brush tool by holding down right click on your mouse.

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Loading the Extension in Chrome

This tool is provided as a Chrome extension for ease of use. It will function on any device that can run a browser that supports Chrome extensions.

1. Download the latest release

   Go to the Releases tab on GitHub and download the v1.6.8.zip file under Assets.

2. Extract the ZIP

   Unzip the downloaded file to your computer.

3. Open Chrome and go to the Extensions page

   Navigate to chrome://extensions in your address bar.

4. Enable Developer Mode

   Toggle the Developer mode switch in the top-right corner of the Extensions page.

5. Load the unpacked extension

   Click Load unpacked, then select the extracted Rplace_Brush folder.

6. Confirm it's active

   The extension should now appear in your extensions list and be enabled. You may need to refresh rplace.live if it was already open.

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Building the Extension Yourself

Since this tool is open source, you may choose to build it yourself or help contribute to the project.

1. Install Node.js and npm

   Download and install Node.js from nodejs.org. npm is included automatically.

2. Install Git

   Download and install Git from git-scm.com. During installation, the default options are fine.

3. Clone the repository

   Copy this git repository to your computer using:

   git clone https://github.com/CheeseyPatrick/rplace-brush.git
   cd rplace-brush

4. Install dependencies

   npm install

5. Build the extension

   npm run build

This compiles the source files. You can then find the finished extension inside of the dist folder.