Charset

Modify the default encoding for the website

What is Charset?

"Charset" is a Chrome extension developed with the specific aim of allowing the user to modify the default encoding of websites and webpages on Google Chrome. Particularly beneficial for sites that are configured incorrectly, the extension ensures accurate translation of encodings, hence preventing the presentation of scrambled text. Open-source on GitHub, Charset has been regularly optimized with new versions to improve user experience and compatibility with browser updates.

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By: jinliming2

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Users: 100,000+

Rating: 4.80 (119)

Version: 0.5.5 (Last updated: 2020-12-09)

Creation date: 2019-10-24

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

<all_urls>
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
contextMenus
tabs

Size: 57.12K

Email: ji*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 2282 ▼ 8

Other rankings

#2441 in Developer Tools ▲ 6

#88 in content optimization keyword 23 ▼ 4

#91 in modify keyword 45 ▲ 10

#113 in optimize keyword 9 ▲ 14

#151 in display keyword 24 ▲ 15

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Charset (v0.5.4)

4.70 (9) 84,804+

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Summary

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Due to the low frequency of use, Google Chrome removed the ability to manually set the webpage encoding after version 55. However, on some websites that are configured incorrectly, the new browser cannot accurately determine the encoding used, which causes the website to display garbled characters.

Open Source Address on GitHub: https://github.com/jinliming2/Chrome-Charset

v0.5.5(2020/12/9)

[Optimization] When the file protocol lacks permissions, do not pop up the prompt box every time, now only shown once (GitHub Issue: #23-https://github.com/jinliming2/Chrome-Charset/issues/23)

v0.5.4(2020/7/6)

[Matching] Prioritize matching based on request type (GitHub Issue: #18-https://github.com/jinliming2/Chrome-Charset/issues/18)
[i18n] Supplementary extended description

v0.5.3(2020/3/15)

[Style] Adapt to the new Edge browser

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Works well
Useful for fixing broken character encodings
Simple and convenient to use

Cons

Limited character encodings available
No support for GB2312 encoding

Most mentioned

Works well
Useful
Simple and convenient to use

Recent reviews

спасибо!

Антон Чапаев, 2020-10-29

Thank you very much! Chrome was detecting a SHIFT_JS website as UTF-8, which of course, resulted in garbage text displayed. Now, it's working perfectly. Thank you very much.

Bingmei, 2021-06-29

bingo

xuesong li, 2024-03-19

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Safety

Risk impact

Charset is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Charset if you trust the publisher.