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Chrome extension by Free Software Utilities · Productivity · Tools

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A Chrome extension in Productivity · Tools with 90 000 users, an established extension.

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

What the developer says, and 1 screenshot

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Users
90 000
Rating
3.3 (422 ratings)
Users, last 10 days
+10k
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
4.2
Updated in the store
2026-07-01
Published
2020-01-26
Manifest
V3
Browser access
2 permissions

How it has moved

Users
+10k since 01.09
80k-90k · 4 readings
  1. 2026-09-0180k
  2. 2026-09-0390k
  3. 2026-09-0680k
  4. 2026-09-1090k
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 3.29 · 4 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews422rating3.29
  2. 2026-09-03reviews422rating3.29
  3. 2026-09-06reviews422rating3.29
  4. 2026-09-10reviews422rating3.29
Users
+10k since 01.09
80k-90k · 4 readings
  1. 2026-09-0180k
  2. 2026-09-0390k
  3. 2026-09-0680k
  4. 2026-09-1090k
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 3.29 · 4 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews422rating3.29
  2. 2026-09-03reviews422rating3.29
  3. 2026-09-06reviews422rating3.29
  4. 2026-09-10reviews422rating3.29

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What it can reach

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

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What changed recently

Nothing has moved on this listing since we started watching it.

The publisher

Free Software Utilities publishes 20 listings we track, 217k users between them.

  1. Bass Boost for Google Chrome™ Free Software Utilities · Productivity · Workflow · published 2021-03-17 50k users ★ 4.7
  2. Notepad - Take Notes And Weekly Planner Free Software Utilities · Productivity · Workflow · published 2021-03-09 20k users ★ 4.1
  3. Citation Manager for Google Chrome™ Free Software Utilities · Productivity · Workflow · published 2021-03-01 20k users ★ 3.8
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  1. Compress Video Files Free Software Utilities · Productivity · Workflow · published 2021-03-16 10k users ★ 2.2
  2. Customize Tabs for Google Keep™ Free Software Utilities · Productivity · Workflow · published 2020-01-23 5k users ★ 4.5
  3. Online Radio for Google Chrome™ Free Software Utilities · Lifestyle · Entertainment · published 2021-03-12 5k users ★ 3.4
  4. Vertical Tabs for Google Chrome™ Free Software Utilities · Productivity · Workflow · published 2021-03-30 4k users ★ 2.2
  5. Free Time Clock for Google Chrome™ Free Software Utilities · Productivity · Workflow · published 2021-03-14 4k users ★ 4.4

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  3. Text Expander: Snippets & Shortcuts Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 47 users
  4. TypeLocal — Private Text Expander Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 1 user
  5. Text Expander Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 7 users

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