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HLS Downloader

Chrome extension by leocompson · Productivity · Tools

A Chrome extension in Productivity · Tools with 100 000 users, a widely installed extension.

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

What the developer says, and 3 screenshots

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Users
100 000
Rating
3.6 (204 ratings)
Users, last 11 days
unchanged
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
0.1.5
Updated in the store
2026-08-09
Published
2020-05-23
Manifest
V3
Browser access
5 permissions, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 31.08
100k · 3 readings
  1. 2026-08-31100k
  2. 2026-09-04100k
  3. 2026-09-10100k
Rating
-0.007 since 31.08
reviewsrating 3.583-3.590 · 3 readings
  1. 2026-08-31reviews205rating3.590
  2. 2026-09-04reviews204rating3.583
  3. 2026-09-10reviews204rating3.583
Users
unchanged since 31.08
100k · 3 readings
  1. 2026-08-31100k
  2. 2026-09-04100k
  3. 2026-09-10100k
Rating
-0.007 since 31.08
reviewsrating 3.583-3.590 · 3 readings
  1. 2026-08-31reviews205rating3.590
  2. 2026-09-04reviews204rating3.583
  3. 2026-09-10reviews204rating3.583

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What it can reach

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

  • *://*/*.m3u8
  • Watch the network requests your browser makes webRequest
  • Manage your downloads downloads
  • See when you navigate between pages webNavigation
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  • Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
  • 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

leocompson publishes 20 listings we track, 784k users between them.

  1. Page Ruler leocompson · Productivity · Tools · published 2021-05-27 500k users ★ 3.9
  2. Draw on Page leocompson · Productivity · Tools · published 2020-08-25 100k users ★ 3.5
  3. Extension Source Downloader leocompson · Productivity · Tools · published 2020-11-24 30k users ★ 4.4
Show 5 more from this publisher
  1. Timer, Alarm & Stopwatch leocompson · Productivity · Tools · published 2020-06-02 30k users ★ 3.1
  2. Offline Mode leocompson · Productivity · Tools · published 2021-03-02 5k users ★ 3.5
  3. Cookie Editor leocompson · Productivity · Tools · published 2020-08-04 5k users ★ 2.7
  4. Code Beautifier (JS, CSS, HTML) leocompson · Productivity · Developer · published 2021-01-06 4k users ★ 5.0
  5. No Service Worker leocompson · Make Chrome Yours · Functionality · published 2021-07-29 4k users ★ 4.5

Like this one

Listings the catalog judges closest in what they say they do.

  1. Download HLS M3u8 Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 28 users
  2. StreamLoom: HLS/m3u8 Video Downloader Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 117 users ★ 5.0
  3. HLS Video Downloader Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 575 users ★ 1.0
  4. Stream Recorder - HLS & m3u8 Video Downloader Describes nearly the same job, with a large installed audience 1.0M users ★ 4.3
  5. Clip & Save HLS — M3U8 Downloader Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 21 users

The top 5 only. The full comparison, with why each one is close, is on the alternatives page; ranking a whole neighbourhood by your own criteria is in the app.

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