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Your scripts changed. Did you notice? Stay ahead of unseen updates with WikiScriptSync

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User scripts and gadgets change all the time. A small edit to a .js file. A tweak in a .css page. A repository update on GitHub or GitLab.

Most of the time, no one notices. 👁️

Scripts break quietly. Gadgets behave differently. Or they continue running in an outdated state without anyone realizing something has changed. This is not rare. It happens regularly for people maintaining shared code.

Why this happens

Tracking changes is still mostly manual.

Updates are spread across:

User .js and .css pages on wikis

Repositories on GitHub and GitLab

Local development environments and IDEs

There is no single place that brings this together.…

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