Chrome Apps & Extensions Developer Tool

Develop and Debug Chrome Apps & Extensions.

Chrome Apps & Extensions Developer Tool - Efficient Debugging & Development

The 'Chrome Apps & Extensions Developer Tool' is a handy tool for developers, designed to enhance the efficiency of building and debugging Chrome Apps and Extensions. It provides various features such as viewing permissions, launching, packing and uninstalling an app/extension, among others. However, this tool is now deprecated and automatically uninstalls when installed.
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Extension stats

Manifest V2
Users: 100,000+
Rating: 4.24
(1,348)
Version: 0.1.19 (Last updated: 2023-03-28)
Creation date: 2014-06-09
Permissions:
  • management
  • developerPrivate
  • activityLogPrivate
Size: 118.78K
Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 1,542 ▲ 98

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Useful for managing and deleting apps and extensions.
  • Works as a windowed version of the Extensions page.
Cons
  • Crashes modern manifest v3 extensions.
  • Load unpacked button does not function.
  • Outdated and deprecated by Google.
Most mentioned
  • Load unpacked button not working.
  • Causes crashes with manifest v3 extensions.
  • App is outdated and causing issues.
User reviews
It crashes the manifest v3 extensions and please remove this extension from app store.
by Anbuselvan Periannan, 2021-08-15
Don't use it, this app is very deprecated by Google. And it causes other manifest V3 extensions crash (when send a message). See https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1180566
by Guokai Han (Jackie), 2021-05-22
This 2014 app seems to break modern extension development causing them to crash. Do not use. The capabilities are built into Chrome now anyway.
by Dan Bugglin, 2021-02-20
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Chrome Apps & Extensions Developer Tool requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Medium Manages other extensions, which allows oversight but might intervene with user configurations and choices.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Chrome Apps & Extensions Developer Tool. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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