Backtick is a console for bookmarklets and scripts, packaged as a Chrome extension. For a better explanation, try out the demo at backtick.io/. The extension is free to use, but it will occasionally nag you to install the $5 Backtick license.

MIT Licensed 2013 Joel Besada

If you want to play around with the code, you'll want to install Grunt first. With that installed, just run grunt build to compile everything. You'll then want to import the dist folder as an unpacked extension in Chrome.

Because that's just something I like to do to contribute back to the community. It also forces me to write cleaner code. (Well, in theory at least)

Yes, you absolutely could. That's why I've made it extra easy for you, just flip that boolean to true and you're good to go. However, a nicer option would be to actually buy the license to support the continued development of Backtick.