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Google Gemini Open SideBar in Chrome

Chrome extension by SideBar Extensions · Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility

A Chrome extension in Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility with 7 000 users, a small but real audience.

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
7 000
Rating
4.6 (148 ratings)
Users, last 19 days
+1k
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
0.0.1
Updated in the store
2025-01-14
Published
2025-01-14
Manifest
V3
Browser access
6 permissions

How it has moved

Users
+1k since 31.08
6k-7k · 4 readings
  1. 2026-08-316k
  2. 2026-09-156k
  3. 2026-09-177k
  4. 2026-09-187k
Rating
+0.009 since 31.08
reviewsrating 4.586-4.595 · 4 readings
  1. 2026-08-31reviews145rating4.586
  2. 2026-09-15reviews146rating4.589
  3. 2026-09-17reviews148rating4.595
  4. 2026-09-18reviews148rating4.595
Users
+1k since 31.08
6k-7k · 4 readings
  1. 2026-08-316k
  2. 2026-09-156k
  3. 2026-09-177k
  4. 2026-09-187k
Rating
+0.009 since 31.08
reviewsrating 4.586-4.595 · 4 readings
  1. 2026-08-31reviews145rating4.586
  2. 2026-09-15reviews146rating4.589
  3. 2026-09-17reviews148rating4.595
  4. 2026-09-18reviews148rating4.595

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What it can reach

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

  • Block or redirect requests by rules it declares in advance declarativeNetRequest
  • See which of its blocking rules matched declarativeNetRequestFeedback
  • Declares commands
Show the remaining 3
  • Open a panel beside the page sidePanel
  • Store data in your browser storage
  • Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage

The full permission history for this extension

What changed recently

Nothing has moved on this listing since we started watching it.

The publisher

SideBar Extensions publishes 2 listings we track, 8k users between them.

  1. Google Translate Open SideBar in Chrome SideBar Extensions · Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility · published 2025-01-13 715 users ★ 4.7

Like this one

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

  1. Google Gemini Sidepanel - Tabbee Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 5k users ★ 4.8
  2. Gemini on Chrome Extension Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 13 users
  3. Sidebar Assistant for Gemini Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 37 users
  4. Ask Gemma Describes nearly the same job, with an established audience 20k users ★ 4.0
  5. ChatGPT Open SideBar in Chrome 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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