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Welcome to Kahuna, the IndexedDB-Manager

Kahuna is a browser extension for managing IndexedDB databases and is available for Firefox and Chromium based browsers, such as Google Chrome, Edge and Opera. Kahuna supports developers to manage databases and provides convenient access to the data they contain. Interested users can use Kahuna to satisfy their curiosity and find out what data the websites they visit permanently store in their browser.

welcome to Kahuna

By nature, an IndexedDB database contains object stores in which arbitrary JavaScript objects can be stored. This differs from relational databases, which store data in tables with a fixed column schema. However, since Kahuna displays the data from object stores in a tabular view, the term table is generally used in both this documentation and the application when referring to an object store.

This documentation applies to the latest version of Kahuna, version v1.0.1. If an older version is used, we recommend updating.

Screenshots

Kahuna at work

Installation

To download and install the extension, please use the Chrome Web Store for Chrome and Chromium based browsers and the Firefox Addons Page for Firefox.

Installation from Source

Additionally, it is possible to build and install Kahuna from source code. For this, see the instructions on github.

First Steps

pin Kahuna's browser action icon After Kahuna has been installed, there is an entry with its icon in the extension menu of the browser. If IndexedDB databases are stored for the website dispayed by the browser, a tooltip with the number of databases is added. Use 'Pin to Toolbar' to permanently attach the icon to the browser toolbar.

By clicking on the icon, the Kahuna layer is displayed above the website. Another click or the 'Esc' button closes the layer again.

As an alternative, the keyboard shortcut (the keys 'Ctrl' and '.') can be used to toggle the layer. If the keyboard shortcut does not work or you want to change it, follow these instructions for Firefox or for Chrome visit chrome://extensions/ and use the 'Keyboard Shortcuts' menu.