watchlist

This Chrome extension lets you specify arbitrary terms, including regular expressions. When your terms appear on a webpage, they…
What is watchlist?
"Watchlist" is a Chrome extension that lets users specify any arbitrary terms, including regular expressions. Whenever these terms appear on a webpage, they become highlighted for easy visibility. Watchlist also provides a summary of terms in a status bar for easy navigation, as clicking on the terms will automatically scroll the page to their location. The extension leverages Chrome's sync API for Storage, allowing your options to be continuously synced and persistent across all your devices.

Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 1.00 (1)
Version: 0.6.2 (Last updated: 2020-09-20)
Creation date: 2020-06-14
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 1.47M

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

This Chrome extension lets you specify arbitrary terms, including regular expressions.

When your terms appear on a webpage, they will be highlighted.

A summary of them will appear in a statusbar, and clicking the terms in the statusbar will scroll the page to the place that term appears.

It uses Chrome's sync API for Storage so your options are persistent across all your devices.

Extension safety

Risk impact

watchlist requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

watchlist has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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