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Chrome extension by httpcatcher · Productivity · Tools

A Chrome extension in Productivity · Tools with 1 000 users, a small but real audience.

Specific sites only: 102 match patterns.

What the developer says, and 1 screenshot

Loading from the Chrome Web Store. Open the listing if it does not appear.

Users
1 000
Rating
3.3 (7 ratings)
Users, last 15 days
unchanged
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
3.0.2
Updated in the store
2025-09-10
Published
2024-09-08
Manifest
V3
Browser access
3 permissions, 102 site patterns

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 01.09
1k · 3 readings
  1. 2026-09-011k
  2. 2026-09-131k
  3. 2026-09-151k
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 3.00-3.29 · 3 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews7rating3.29
  2. 2026-09-13reviews6rating3.00
  3. 2026-09-15reviews7rating3.29
Users
unchanged since 01.09
1k · 3 readings
  1. 2026-09-011k
  2. 2026-09-131k
  3. 2026-09-151k
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 3.00-3.29 · 3 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews7rating3.29
  2. 2026-09-13reviews6rating3.00
  3. 2026-09-15reviews7rating3.29

A dot marks a day the store showed a different number. Between them the line carries the last one forward: we read every listing more than once a day and record a point only when something moves. History beyond ninety days is in the app.

What it can reach

Specific sites only: 102 match patterns.

  • *://*.youtube.com/*
  • *://*.youtube-skins.com/*
  • *://www.youtube.com/*
Show the remaining 9
  • *://m.youtube.com/*
  • *://music.youtube.com/*
  • *://www.youtube-nocookie.com/*
  • *://studio.youtube.com/*
  • *://tv.youtube.com/*
  • *://gaming.youtube.com/*
  • *://kids.youtube.com/*
  • *://artists.youtube.com/*
  • *://youtu.be/*
  • See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
  • Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
  • 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

httpcatcher publishes 13 listings we track, 7k users between them. Listed website: bizbrz.com.

  1. Purple and pink fresh theme httpcatcher · Colors · published 2025-04-13 2k users ★ 4.6
  2. Amazon Review Exporter - CSV & Bulk Reviews httpcatcher · Productivity · Tools · published 2024-09-11 1k users ★ 4.1
  3. Cursor Magic - Customize Chrome Mouse Cursor httpcatcher · Productivity · Tools · published 2024-08-31 1k users ★ 4.2
Show 5 more from this publisher
  1. G Search location switch httpcatcher · Productivity · Tools · published 2024-09-12 608 users ★ 5.0
  2. Emerald Green httpcatcher · Colors · published 2025-04-13 299 users
  3. Sunset Orange httpcatcher · Colors · published 2025-04-13 282 users
  4. Dark theme httpcatcher · Dark · published 2025-04-10 268 users ★ 4.0
  5. YouTube Skin httpcatcher · Productivity · Tools · published 2024-09-11 213 users ★ 1.0

Like this one

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  1. YouTube Ad Filter Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 70 users ★ 3.7
  2. YouTube AdBlock Lite Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 7 users
  3. ARES AdBlocker (MVP) Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 7 users
  4. Youtube Ad Cleaner Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 54 users ★ 3.7
  5. Adblock for Youtube™ Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 10 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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