roll

Roll any-sided dice in Chrome's Omnibox using dice notation.
What is roll?
Roll is a Chrome extension that transforms your Omnibox into a virtual dice roller. Using dice notation, it lets you roll any number of dice with any number of sides. With Roll, basic addition and subtraction can be realised post the dice roll. Roll is easy to use and supports features such as natural random numbers, roll shortcuts and errors display when parsing user input.

Extension stats

By: cixzhang
Users: 532 ▲ 5
Rating: 3.93 (14)
Version: 2.4.1 (Last updated: 2024-06-05)
Creation date: 2017-07-31
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 68.05K

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Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Roll is a dice roll extension that lets you roll any-sided dice in Chrome's Omnibox using dice notation. Roll can roll multiple dice with any number of sides and can perform basic addition and subtraction after the dice rolls.

To use Roll:

  1. Type "roll" into Chrome's Omnibox (address bar).
  2. Hit TAB.
  3. Type in your dice notation ("2d6", for example).

Update v2.4.1:

  • Updated to use Chrome Extension Manifest v3.
  • Adjusted badge color for better contrast.

Update v2.4.0:

  • You can now also use roll by clicking the extension icon in your toolbar
  • If you wait about a second, Roll will show the result of your roll in the search suggestions
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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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Simple and easy to use
  • Works exactly as expected
  • Responsive developer
Cons
  • Results open in a new tab every time
  • No option to re-roll the same dice
  • Some users experienced it not working
Most mentioned
  • Simple and easy to use
  • Doesn't work
  • Results open in a new tab
Recent reviews
by Esteban E. Santos, 2024-08-10

to be perfect just needed to have an animation on the icon, to roll wihtou needing to open the bar and options
by Renan Oliveira, 2021-05-07

Simple, works
by Nils Meier, 2021-01-01
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Extension safety

Risk impact

roll does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

roll has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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