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Chrome extension by Blackfish Software · Productivity · Tools

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A Chrome extension in Productivity · Tools with 4 000 000 users, one of the largest listings in the store.

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.

What the developer says, and 3 screenshots

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Users
4 000 000
Rating
4.3 (19 010 ratings)
Users, last 10 days
unchanged
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
19.3.5.1
Updated in the store
2026-07-11
Published
2009-12-05
Manifest
V3
Browser access
10 permissions, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 31.08
4M · 4 readings
  1. 2026-08-314M
  2. 2026-09-034M
  3. 2026-09-044M
  4. 2026-09-094M
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 4.30 · 4 readings
  1. 2026-08-31reviews19krating4.30
  2. 2026-09-03reviews19krating4.30
  3. 2026-09-04reviews19krating4.30
  4. 2026-09-09reviews19krating4.30
Users
unchanged since 31.08
4M · 4 readings
  1. 2026-08-314M
  2. 2026-09-034M
  3. 2026-09-044M
  4. 2026-09-094M
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 4.30 · 4 readings
  1. 2026-08-31reviews19krating4.30
  2. 2026-09-03reviews19krating4.30
  3. 2026-09-04reviews19krating4.30
  4. 2026-09-09reviews19krating4.30

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What it can reach

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.

  • Read and change cookies on the sites it can access cookies
  • Talk to an application installed on your computer nativeMessaging
  • See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
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  • Watch the network requests your browser makes webRequest
  • Block or alter network requests before they are sent webRequestBlocking
  • Block or redirect requests on the sites it can access declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
  • Schedule work to run later alarms
  • Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
  • Run work in a hidden page offscreen
  • 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

Blackfish Software. Listed website: blackfishsoftware.com.

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