PanGalacticMonkey

PanGalactic Monkey 👽🐵

A remote‑friendly, full‑featured web browser built specifically for Amazon Fire TV and Android TV. No mouse. No keyboard. Just a remote — and the whole internet.

Introducing Slim & Chunky!

The PanGalactic Monkey browser family now comes in two editions, each designed for different needs while sharing the same core experience.

🐒 PanGalactic Monkey Slim (WebView Edition ~3MB)

The original lightweight browser — now officially named Slim.

Built on Android WebView

Ultra‑tiny footprint (~3MB)

Fast, simple, minimal

Universal compatibility across all Android devices

Ideal for users who want speed and minimal storage usage

🦍 PanGalactic Monkey Chunky (GeckoView Edition ~90MB)

The new heavyweight version — Chunky — powered by GeckoView.

Full Firefox extension (.xpi) support

uBlock Origin

Tampermonkey

Any compatible Firefox extension

More powerful rendering engine

Better standards support

Same familiar Monkey interface

Requires correct 32‑bit or 64‑bit build (download both if unsure)

✨ Unified Core Features (Slim + Chunky)

PanGalactic Monkey provides a complete TV‑optimized browsing experience across both Slim (WebView) and Chunky (GeckoView). All new features and improvements are fully merged below.

🖱️ Dual Navigation Modes

Cursor Mode — on‑screen cursor controlled with the D‑pad

Tab Navigation Mode — highlight‑based navigation without a cursor

Instant toggle via Play/Pause or the top bar

Smooth GPU‑accelerated cursor movement with natural velocity ramping

Continuous movement system using Choreographer.FrameCallback

Slim: Includes cursor speed control (+1 fine‑tune, +5 via Fire remote)

Chunky: Cursor speed control coming later

🗂️ Multiple Tabs

Unlimited independent tabs

Tab switcher with close, switch, and new tab options

Tabs respect dynamic JavaScript settings

🔖 Bookmarks

One‑tap star icon

Full bookmark manager

Add from menu or top bar

🕘 History

Tracks your last 20 pages

Delete individual entries or clear all

🕵️ Private Browsing

No cookies

No history

Auto‑clears on exit

⬇️ Download Manager

Confirm downloads before saving

Shows full file path

Install / Open / Delete actions

Custom download location support

Works identically in Slim & Chunky

📸 Long‑Press Save

Hold OK for ~0.5s

Save images, videos, audio, PDFs, and direct file links

🏠 Custom Homepage

One‑tap home button

Fully configurable

🔍 Zoom In / Out

Quick access from the menu

⚙️ JavaScript Toggle

JavaScript ON/OFF switch with persistent storage

Loads JS preference before first tab opens

Tabs dynamically respect JS state

New menu item: JavaScript: ON/OFF

🖥️ Request Desktop Site

Toggle desktop user‑agent mode

Uses full desktop UA: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Improves compatibility with desktop‑optimized websites

🛡️ Ad‑Block Support (Slim Only)

Enabled by default

Uses EasyList

Supports custom filter lists

Multiple presets including “annoyances”

Long‑press hyperlinks to copy filterlist URLs or .txt list URLs

✔️ Whitelist Support (Slim Only)

Per‑site ad whitelisting

Toggle ads on/off for individual domains

📜 Userscript Support

Slim (Built‑in)

Install from .js links

Install from device

Install from URL

Full userscript manager

Chunky (Extension‑based)

Use Tampermonkey (.xpi)

No built‑in engine (by design)

🧩 Extension Support (Chunky Only)

Works with any compatible Firefox extension

Install from .xpi links

Install from URL

Full extensions manager

Replaces built‑in adblock/userscript/user agent engines