Colab Alive
Keep your Colab tabs alive with this nifty extension!
What is Colab Alive?
'Colab Alive' is a useful Chrome extension designed to keep Google Colab notebooks running even when you navigate away. Updated as of March 2021, it injects JavaScript code into your Colab tabs to prevent disconnection. Highly useful for those who regularly work with Colab, and thanks to its recent updates, it works flawlessly with the latest version of Google Colab.
Stats
Users:
9,000+
Rating:
3.64
(11)
Creation date:
2020-06-12
Risk impact:
Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Low risk likelihood
Manifest version:
2
Size:
85.03K
Email:
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URLs:
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Summary
Colab Alive - a chrome extension that keeps Colab notebooks alive.
Updated to work with the latest Colab as of March 2021. Thanks to https://github.com/sobuj53 for the update!
How it works — a few lines of JS code are injected if you have a colab tab open and running even if you navigate away from the page.
Code credit: https://medium.com/@shivamrawat_756/how-to-prevent-google-colab-from-disconnecting-717b88a128c0
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User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- Keeps session active
- Convenient
- Appreciated effort from developer
Cons
- Does not work for some users
- Requires a specific way of use
- Keeps opening active sessions tab
Most mentioned
- Doesn't work
- Keeps session active
- Appreciation for developer
Recent reviews
not working in Mar 2022
Its not working anyway, I just tried
Awesome, would be convenient if there was an option to temporarily disable it though.
Safety
Risk impact
Colab Alive is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Colab Alive has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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