Overgrown: when plants invade abandoned tabs
The gist
Senior research engineer Charlie Gerard released Overgrown, a Chrome extension that grows virtual plants over unread tabs.
Past 5% overgrowth you must slash vines before you can click the page.
How it unfolded
- Oct 20, 2026Charlie Gerard publishes a blog post describing Overgrown, a Chrome extension that grows virtual plants over unread browser tabs.
- Oct 21, 2026The GitHub repository charliegerard/Overgrown is listed with 42 stars, 0 watching, 1 fork and 2 commits.
- Oct 25, 2026HackerNewsTop5 posts about the project on X, citing charliegerard.dev/blog/overgrown.