Lightning Reopen V3

Keep your browser loaded in the background for faster re-opening

Lightning Reopen V3 - Fast Browser Restarts

"Lightning Reopen V3" is a Manifest V3-compatible Chrome extension that allows Chromium-based browsers to run in the background for quick restarts and notifications without an active window. This extension does not access your browsing data, includes no tracking, and is fully open-sourced. It's updated continuously and is designed for fast re-opening, unlike the archived LightningReopen, set for removal in June 2024. Note that it's not compatible with non-Chromium browsers.
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Extension stats

Users: 2,000+
Rating: 5.00
(6)
Version: 1.0.0 (Last updated: 2024-02-19)
Creation date: 2024-02-19
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • background
Size: 35.32K

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Extension summary

Manifest-V3-compatible fork of LightningReopen. This extension allows Chromium-based browsers to be loaded in the background, giving you quick restarts and re-opens, as well as browser notification functionality without having an active window open.

The extension "LightningReopen" is archived, and is set to be removed in June 2024 (due to the use of the deprecated Manifest V2 format).

Lightning Reopen V3 is written with the new Manifest V3 standard, and will continuously be updated if the need arrives.

This extension has no access to your browsing data. It does not have any tracking or analytics functionality, will never be sold, and will always be fully open-sourced at https://github.com/Andrew6rant/LightningReopenV3

Lightning Reopen V3 is not compatible with non-chromium browsers such as Firefox, Safari, or Lynx. In addition, this extension is not needed on Edge (as Edge implements the functionality of this extension itself: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/features/startup-boost).

User reviews

by Filip Muskalski, 2024-10-18

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by Asmir Emrovic, 2024-10-10

by thanh tâm bùi, 2024-09-27
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Lightning Reopen V3 does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Lightning Reopen V3 is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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