Developers struggle with CORS policy issues and inconsistent module loading when working with local files, hindering their productivity and workflow. ModuLink resolves these issues by providing a seamless and secure way to load local modules, allowing developers to focus on building their applications without worrying about browser-specific restrictions.
Quantitative Score Breakdown
complaint frequency
1.5
growth rate
9
competition density
10.5
monetization potential
9
technical feasibility
7.5
search interest
4.8
Evidence Signal (1)
Raw Complaint Log
hn • r/hackernews
Comment on: Move on to ESM-Only
You don't need file:// module URLs when you say open a index.html from your local drive through file://C:/index.html but then in that index.html you have a 'script type="module" src="src/index.js"' and from there you go through usual relative paths without protocol.This works in Firefox, I have one project open like that right now. Chrome blocks that because of their CORS policy, but that's another issue, can be mitigated by some commandline options (--allow-file-access-from-files --cors-exempt-headers "*")
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