Chrome Apps & Extensions Developer Tool

Develop and Debug Chrome Apps & Extensions.
What is Chrome Apps & Extensions Developer Tool?
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.

Extension stats

Users: 100,000+
Rating: 4.24 (1,349)
Version: 0.1.19 (Last updated: 2023-03-28)
Creation date: 2014-06-09
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • management
  • developerPrivate
  • activityLogPrivate
Size: 118.78K

Ranking

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
Want to check extension ranking and stats more quickly for other Chrome extensions? Install Chrome-Stats extension to view Chrome-Stats data as you browse the Chrome Web Store.

Extension summary

Note: This item is now deprecated and will uninstall itself when installed.

The Chrome Apps Developer Tool helps developers build and debug Chrome Apps and Extensions.

The features include:

  • Separate view for unpacked apps/extensions
  • Inspect views for inspecting app/extension pages using dev tools
  • Reload an app/extension
  • Launch an app/extension
  • View permissions
  • Pack an app/extension
  • Uninstall an app/extension
  • Load an unpacked app/extension
  • Search for app/extension

By installing this item, you agree to the Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/.

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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  • Outdated and deprecated by Google.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  • App is outdated and causing issues.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
View all user reviews

Extension safety

Risk impact

Chrome Apps & Extensions Developer Tool requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Chrome Apps & Extensions Developer Tool has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Upgrade to see risk analysis details

Promo images

Chrome Apps & Extensions Developer Tool small promo image
Small promo image