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Chrome extension by actuallyusefulextensions · Productivity · Communication

A Chrome extension in Productivity · Communication with 31 users, barely installed.

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

What the developer says, and 5 screenshots

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Users
31
Rating
not rated yet
Users, last 16 days
+30
Version
1.2.0
Updated in the store
2026-09-13
Published
2026-09-01
Manifest
V3
Browser access
5 permissions

How it has moved

Users
+30 since 02.09
1-31 · 7 readings
2026-09-02: appeared in the store2026-09-07: released 1.1.02026-09-14: released 1.2.0
  1. 2026-09-021appeared in the store
  2. 2026-09-057
  3. 2026-09-069
  4. 2026-09-0816
  5. 2026-09-0917
  6. 2026-09-1329
  7. 2026-09-1731
Users
+30 since 02.09
1-31 · 7 readings
2026-09-02: appeared in the store2026-09-07: released 1.1.02026-09-14: released 1.2.0
  1. 2026-09-021appeared in the store
  2. 2026-09-057
  3. 2026-09-069
  4. 2026-09-0816
  5. 2026-09-0917
  6. 2026-09-1329
  7. 2026-09-1731

A dot marks a day the store showed a different number. Between them the line carries the last one forward: we read every listing more than once a day and record a point only when something moves. History beyond ninety days is in the app.

What it can reach

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

  • Sign you in with a Google account identity
  • Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
  • Run work in a hidden page offscreen
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  • Store data in your browser storage
  • Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 1.2.0
  2. Version 1.1.0

What changed recently

  1. Package size changed
  2. Supported languages changed (1 → 14)
  3. Released version 1.2.0 (was 1.1.0)
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  1. Package size changed
  2. Released version 1.1.0 (was 1.0.0)
  3. Appeared in the store

The publisher

actuallyusefulextensions publishes 7 listings we track, 2k users between them.

  1. Convert: Web to PDF — Save Any Webpage as PDF actuallyusefulextensions · Productivity · Tools · published 2026-03-27 1k users ★ 4.7
  2. ScrapeMaster - Free Web Scraping actuallyusefulextensions · Productivity · Developer · published 2026-04-20 302 users ★ 5.0
  3. Convert : Anything to PDF actuallyusefulextensions · Productivity · Tools · published 2026-04-01 145 users ★ 5.0
Show 3 more from this publisher
  1. CineMan AI: IMDb & RT Ratings on Netflix, Prime & Disney+ actuallyusefulextensions · Productivity · Tools · published 2025-07-02 52 users ★ 4.3
  2. NotifAI - All Important notification in one place actuallyusefulextensions · Productivity · Workflow · published 2025-08-11 23 users
  3. Naarad AI – Personalised Updates. Zero Noise. Delivered to WhatsApp. actuallyusefulextensions · Productivity · Workflow · published 2025-11-27 4 users

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