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Is Brain Forest safe to install?

Brain Forest asks for 3 browser permissions and 610 site patterns. We do not audit code and we do not judge intent; what we can show is what the listing declares and whether that has changed while we have been watching.

Brain Forest

Chrome extension · Productivity · Tools

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What the developer says, and 2 screenshots

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At a glance

Facts, not a score: an ad blocker needs every page and a theme needs nothing, so one number would be wrong about both. Each fact links to its detail.

Site access
Access to specific sites only
Data collection
2 kinds of data declared
Upkeep
Updated 265 days ago
Publisher
No store badges
Audience
5 users

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

The developer also certifies that your data is not sold to third parties outside approved uses, not used for purposes unrelated to the extension's core function, and not used to decide creditworthiness or lending.

The listing links to a privacy policy.

This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

What Chrome asks you to allow

When you add it, Chrome asks you to allow it to:

Derived from the manifest by Chrome's documented rules; the dialog's exact wording depends on your Chrome version and language. Chrome asks again if an update requests more.

What it can reach

Specific sites only: 610 match patterns.

Routine for an extension

Pages it runs its code on

It runs its own code on specific pages only: the first 50 site patterns we keep.

Show the remaining 47
  • *://*.chat.openai.com/* chat.openai.com and all its subdomains
  • *://chatgpt.com/* only chatgpt.com
  • *://*.chatgpt.com/* chatgpt.com and all its subdomains
  • *://anthropic.com/* only anthropic.com
  • *://*.anthropic.com/* anthropic.com and all its subdomains
  • *://claude.ai/* only claude.ai
  • *://*.claude.ai/* claude.ai and all its subdomains
  • *://google.com/* only google.com
  • *://*.google.com/* google.com and all its subdomains
  • *://gemini.google.com/* only gemini.google.com
  • *://*.gemini.google.com/* gemini.google.com and all its subdomains
  • *://bard.google.com/* only bard.google.com
  • *://*.bard.google.com/* bard.google.com and all its subdomains
  • *://bing.com/* only bing.com
  • *://*.bing.com/* bing.com and all its subdomains
  • *://copilot.microsoft.com/* only copilot.microsoft.com
  • *://*.copilot.microsoft.com/* copilot.microsoft.com and all its subdomains
  • *://microsoft.com/* only microsoft.com
  • *://*.microsoft.com/* microsoft.com and all its subdomains
  • *://perplexity.ai/* only perplexity.ai
  • *://*.perplexity.ai/* perplexity.ai and all its subdomains
  • *://you.com/* only you.com
  • *://*.you.com/* you.com and all its subdomains
  • *://huggingface.co/* only huggingface.co
  • *://*.huggingface.co/* huggingface.co and all its subdomains
  • *://replicate.com/* only replicate.com
  • *://*.replicate.com/* replicate.com and all its subdomains
  • *://runwayml.com/* only runwayml.com
  • *://*.runwayml.com/* runwayml.com and all its subdomains
  • *://midjourney.com/* only midjourney.com
  • *://*.midjourney.com/* midjourney.com and all its subdomains
  • *://leonardo.ai/* only leonardo.ai
  • *://*.leonardo.ai/* leonardo.ai and all its subdomains
  • *://stability.ai/* only stability.ai
  • *://*.stability.ai/* stability.ai and all its subdomains
  • *://nightcafe.studio/* only nightcafe.studio
  • *://*.nightcafe.studio/* nightcafe.studio and all its subdomains
  • *://deepdreamgenerator.com/* only deepdreamgenerator.com
  • *://*.deepdreamgenerator.com/* deepdreamgenerator.com and all its subdomains
  • *://elevenlabs.io/* only elevenlabs.io
  • *://*.elevenlabs.io/* elevenlabs.io and all its subdomains
  • *://murf.ai/* only murf.ai
  • *://*.murf.ai/* murf.ai and all its subdomains
  • *://speechify.com/* only speechify.com
  • *://*.speechify.com/* speechify.com and all its subdomains
  • *://descript.com/* only descript.com
  • *://*.descript.com/* descript.com and all its subdomains

We keep the first 50 patterns of a list; the manifest may declare more.

A content script is code the extension injects into pages matching these patterns. On those pages it can read and change what you see, whether or not a host permission is listed above.

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Tools, 20% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to specific sites only.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 3 browser permissions.

Counted over the live extensions of the same category after our latest full pass of the store. A share is context, not a verdict: what is normal depends on what the extension is for.

Who uses it and how it is kept up

5 users

Users
+2 since 01.09
2-5 · 23 readings
  1. 2026-09-013
  2. 2026-09-034
  3. 2026-09-054
  4. 2026-09-063
  5. 2026-09-084
  6. 2026-09-103
  7. 2026-09-154
  8. 2026-09-173
  9. 2026-09-204
  10. 2026-09-213
  11. 2026-09-282
  12. 2026-10-083
  13. 2026-10-094
  14. 2026-10-103
  15. 2026-10-184
  16. 2026-10-233
  17. 2026-10-244
  18. 2026-10-253
  19. 2026-10-292
  20. 2026-11-033
  21. 2026-11-084
  22. 2026-11-145
  23. 2026-11-155

What the store shows

The store shows none of its badges on this listing. Most listings carry none.

Has it asked for more over time?

This is the question a permission list on its own cannot answer. An extension that shipped narrow and widened later is a different proposition from one that always asked for the same thing.

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Who publishes it

The store lists no publisher name. This listing has been in the store since 2026-02-23 and was last updated on 2026-02-23.

Similar extensions that ask for less

Listings close to this one in what they say they do, which declare less reach. Less reach is not a verdict on either: compare what each needs for the job.

  1. Ecosia Tree Counter No site access · 2 permissions 199 users ★ 4.2
  2. Worktree Browser Usage (Beta) No site access · 6 permissions 3 users
  3. UseHuman Access to specific sites only · 1 permission, 5 site patterns 5 users (last published figure) ★ 5.0

How to check or remove it in Chrome

  1. Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
  2. Open its details. The site access setting shows where it can run; set it to run only on click and it reaches a page only after you press its icon.
  3. To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.

Questions people ask

What can Brain Forest access?
Specific sites only: 610 match patterns. It declares 3 browser permissions.
What data does Brain Forest collect?
The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Web history, User activity. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.
Has Brain Forest asked for more permissions over time?
The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.
Does Brain Forest publish a privacy policy?
Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.

We read the public store listing up to 2 times a day and keep what it declared. We do not install the extension, do not audit its code, do not judge its intent and publish no contact details for its developer. Last read on 2026-11-15.

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