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Chrome extension by Free Software Extensions · Productivity · Tools

A Chrome extension in Productivity · Tools with 3 users, barely installed.

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

What the developer says, and 1 screenshot

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Users
3 (the store no longer states an audience; this is the last figure it published)
Rating
not rated yet
Users, last 8 days
+3
Version
3.0.2
Updated in the store
2026-09-07
Published
2026-09-07
Manifest
V3
Browser access
2 permissions

How it has moved

Users
+3 since 08.09
0-3 · 4 readings
2026-09-08: appeared in the store
  1. 2026-09-080appeared in the store
  2. 2026-09-091
  3. 2026-09-133
  4. 2026-09-153
Users
+3 since 08.09
0-3 · 4 readings
2026-09-08: appeared in the store
  1. 2026-09-080appeared in the store
  2. 2026-09-091
  3. 2026-09-133
  4. 2026-09-153

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

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

  • See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

What changed recently

  1. Appeared in the store

The publisher

Free Software Extensions publishes 30 listings we track, 747k users between them.

  1. Split Screen for Google Chrome Free Software Extensions · Productivity · Tools · published 2020-08-23 300k users ★ 3.7
  2. Stop Motion Animator Free Software Extensions · Productivity · Workflow · published 2020-08-10 100k users ★ 2.7
  3. Auto Admit for Google Meet Free Software Extensions · Productivity · Tools · published 2020-08-12 100k users ★ 4.2
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  1. Visual Effects Google Meet Free Software Extensions · Productivity · Workflow · published 2020-08-29 80k users ★ 2.8
  2. Converter for Excel Free Software Extensions · Productivity · Education · published 2020-08-21 50k users ★ 3.9
  3. Subtitles for Youtube Free Software Extensions · Productivity · Workflow · published 2020-08-12 20k users ★ 3.3
  4. Converter for PowerPoint Free Software Extensions · Productivity · Workflow · published 2020-08-23 20k users ★ 3.8
  5. Open in PDF Reader Free Software Extensions · Productivity · Workflow · published 2020-10-12 20k users ★ 3.6

Like this one

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

  1. LasTabGuard: Stop Window From Closing With Last Tab Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 76 users ★ 4.4
  2. Last Tab Keeper Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 92 users ★ 2.0
  3. Don't Close Window With Last Tab Describes nearly the same job, with an established audience 50k users ★ 3.9
  4. Don't Close Last Tab Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 32 users
  5. Global Tab & Browser Protector Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 100 users ★ 5.0

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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