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RetroTxt

Chrome extension by Ben Garrett · Make Chrome Yours · Functionality

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A Chrome extension in Make Chrome Yours · Functionality with 784 users, barely installed.

Specific sites only: 4 match patterns.

What the developer says, and 5 screenshots

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Users
784
Rating
4.7 (9 ratings)
Users, last 14 days
+40
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
5.6.1
Updated in the store
2026-07-14
Published
2016-04-21
Manifest
V3
Browser access
4 permissions, 4 site patterns

How it has moved

Users
+40 since 01.09
744-784 · 10 readings
  1. 2026-09-01744
  2. 2026-09-02754
  3. 2026-09-03752
  4. 2026-09-04763
  5. 2026-09-06766
  6. 2026-09-07770
  7. 2026-09-09761
  8. 2026-09-10773
  9. 2026-09-13784
  10. 2026-09-14784
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 4.67 · 10 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews9rating4.67
  2. 2026-09-02reviews9rating4.67
  3. 2026-09-03reviews9rating4.67
  4. 2026-09-04reviews9rating4.67
  5. 2026-09-06reviews9rating4.67
  6. 2026-09-07reviews9rating4.67
  7. 2026-09-09reviews9rating4.67
  8. 2026-09-10reviews9rating4.67
  9. 2026-09-13reviews9rating4.67
  10. 2026-09-14reviews9rating4.67
Users
+40 since 01.09
744-784 · 10 readings
  1. 2026-09-01744
  2. 2026-09-02754
  3. 2026-09-03752
  4. 2026-09-04763
  5. 2026-09-06766
  6. 2026-09-07770
  7. 2026-09-09761
  8. 2026-09-10773
  9. 2026-09-13784
  10. 2026-09-14784
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 4.67 · 10 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews9rating4.67
  2. 2026-09-02reviews9rating4.67
  3. 2026-09-03reviews9rating4.67
  4. 2026-09-04reviews9rating4.67
  5. 2026-09-06reviews9rating4.67
  6. 2026-09-07reviews9rating4.67
  7. 2026-09-09reviews9rating4.67
  8. 2026-09-10reviews9rating4.67
  9. 2026-09-13reviews9rating4.67
  10. 2026-09-14reviews9rating4.67

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What it can reach

Specific sites only: 4 match patterns.

  • *://*.retrotxt.com/*
  • https://*/
  • http://*/
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  • file://*/
  • Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
  • Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
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  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

What changed recently

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

The publisher

Ben Garrett. Listed website: retrotxt.com.

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