Lille Bus — Live Countdown

See minutes until your next Lille bus on the toolbar badge. Live data, multi-stop watchers, dark mode & more.

🚍 Lille Bus — Live Countdown See exactly how many minutes until your next bus — right on the Chrome toolbar icon. Built for daily commuters in the Lille metropolitan area (France), this extension pulls real-time departure data from the Ilévia network and displays a live countdown badge that updates automatically. ━━━ FEATURES ━━━ 🔴 LIVE BADGE • Minutes remaining displayed directly on the Chrome toolbar icon • Auto-refreshes at your chosen interval (5s / 10s / 15s / 30s / 60s) • Color-coded urgency: blue (> 5 min) → orange (≤ 5 min) → red (≤ 1 min) • Subtle glow pulse effect when data is live • Automatic fallback to static timetables when the API is unavailable 👁️ MULTI-WATCHER • Watch multiple stop / line / direction combinations at once • The badge always shows the shortest wait time across all watchers • Each watcher shows its own live countdown, urgency color, and live/scheduled indicator • Add, remove, or clear watchers in one click ⏸ PAUSE / RESUME • Pause all API calls with one click — badge shows "II" in grey • State persists across popup closes and browser restarts ⚙️ PREFERENCES • Light & Dark theme (follows system by default) • French & English interface • Configurable refresh interval • Glow effect toggle 🎨 POLISHED INTERFACE • Collapsible selection for stop, line, and direction • Official Ilévia line colors • Fully localized (FR / EN) • Modern glass-morphism design ━━━ DATA & PRIVACY ━━━ ✅ No data collection — everything stays on your machine ✅ No tracking, no analytics, no cookies ✅ Only connects to the public MEL Open Data API (data.lillemetropole.fr) ✅ Open-source: https://github.com/imouine/lille-bus-extension ━━━ HOW TO USE ━━━ 1. Click the extension icon 2. Search for your bus stop 3. Pick a line, then a direction 4. Click "+ Add" to start watching The badge updates immediately with the live countdown. ━━━ ABOUT ━━━ Free, open-source, built with ❤️ by imouine. Data: Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL) Open Data & Ilévia GTFS. If you find it useful, consider supporting the project: https://ko-fi.com/imouine