Everything Vortex forgot to ship.

IFV is a free browser extension that adds the quality-of-life features Vortex doesn't have - pinning, playtime tracking, a real server browser, and theming that's actually yours.

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Free· Open source· No tracking, no data collection· Runs entirely on your device· Not affiliated with Vortex
Features

Built to feel like it shipped with the site

Every feature below runs directly on playvortex.io's own pages - no separate app, no extra tab.

Pinning & playtime

Pin it. Track it. Never lose it.

Pin your favorite games straight from the grid - they get their own row on your home page. Every time you hit Play, IFV quietly tracks how long you've actually spent in that game, right there on the card.

Home page showing a pinned Vortexia game card with a quick play button and 12 minutes of tracked playtime
Toolbar popup

Your whole toolkit, one click.

Every feature toggle, your theme settings, and your full pinned-games list - all in one popup that lives in your toolbar. Nothing to dig for, nothing buried in a settings page.

The IFV toolbar popup showing quick actions, feature toggles, theme creator, and pinned games
Server browser

A server list that works for you.

Search a server by nickname, hide the ones that are full, or auto-join the least (or most) full one in a single click. Vortex shows you the list - IFV makes it useful.

Game detail page with an enhanced server browser: search by nickname, hide full, join least full, join most full
Theme creator

Make it actually yours.

Vortex only ever shipped one look. Flip to a full light mode, or pick your own accent, background, surface, and text colors - applied everywhere, instantly.

Vortex home page with a custom pink theme applied, showing friends and the pinned games row
And the rest

Six more small upgrades

Nothing flashy - just the things you'd expect a site like this to already do.

Live player counts

Game cards and detail pages update in the background - no refresh needed.

Quick play & prefetch

Hover a card and the next page is already loading before you click.

Surprise me

One button, one random game. Zero decision fatigue.

Join a friend

Hover a friend, or visit their profile, and jump into their exact server.

Dynamic greetings

"Morning," "Evening," "Night Owl" - a hello that knows what time it is.

Zero setup

Install it, visit playvortex.io, and every feature is already running.

Get started

Install it in under a minute

Not on the Chrome Web Store yet - for now, load it unpacked like a developer.

Download or git clone this repository to your computer.

Open chrome://extensions and turn on Developer mode (top right).

Click Load unpacked and select the project folder.

Visit playvortex.io - IFV is already running.

No tracking. No data collection.

Everything IFV stores - pins, playtime, theme, settings - lives only in your own browser. Nothing is ever sent to us or anyone else. Read the full privacy policy.