Dev Extension Auto Reload

Reloads all unpacked extensions on socket event

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-07-21
Users: 27
Rating: 5.00 (1)
Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2018-08-27)
Creation date: 2018-08-27
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • management
Size: 66.67K

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Extension summary

Reloads all unpacked extensions on receive socket event file.change from http://localhost:8890

Extension tries to connect to socket.io server on http://localhost:8890 and waits for file.change event to flow in. When an event is incoming, the extension get all extensions in development mode and reload them one by one.

An example on how to send file change events to the extension can be found here: robin-drexler/chrome-extension-auto-reload-watcher

https://github.com/Dubiy/chrome-extension-auto-reload

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Dev Extension Auto Reload requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Dev Extension Auto Reload may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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