Gmail Sender Icons

Quickly identify the sender of email messages in Gmail without opening the message.

Gmail Sender Icons is a powerful Chrome extension designed to help you quickly identify email senders in Gmail without opening each message. It adds the sender's company domain and official favicon right beside each email, allowing for immediate visual recognition. For example, emails from larry@google.com are labeled with "google.com" plus Google's logo, making inbox management more efficient.

Featured on Product Hunt, LifeHacker, and The Next Web, this extension integrates smoothly with Gmail, including search results. It uses Google's S2 service to fetch favicons and processes email data locally via the Inbox SDK, ensuring your information remains private and secure. Completely open-source and available on GitHub, Gmail Sender Icons enhances your email experience with quick, visual sender identification.

Manifest V3
Users:
20,000+
Rating:
4.43
(127)
Version:
4.0 (Last updated: 2024-07-27)
Creation date:
2019-03-27
Permissions:
  • storage
  • scripting
Host permissions:
  • https://mail.google.com/
Size:
1.46M
Full description:
See detailed description
Updated:
a day ago

User reviews

Pros
  • Helps easily identify emails and senders at a glance without reading titles.
  • Useful for catching phishing attempts and spam emails.
  • Consistently provides value and is highly recommended by users.
  • Free to use and appreciated for convenience.
  • Developer is responsive and fixes issues promptly, e.g., update for new Gmail interface.
Cons
  • Causes high CPU and RAM usage on some low-end computers.
  • Does not work well or is broken in certain Gmail interfaces, especially after updates.
  • Icons can be small or hidden, e.g., appearing only on hover or on right side.
  • Consumes too much space on the subject line in the email list.
  • Layout is not compatible with non-default Gmail themes.
Recent reviews
It's a cool extension. I'd wish it had the option to change the labels' colours.

Excellent!
by Martin Dluhoš, 2023-09-19

Very useful to easy identify emails, and also a nice phishing catcher
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Gmail Sender Icons requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
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Risk likelihood

Gmail Sender Icons has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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