---
title: "CastBuddy – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "90,000 users, rated 3.61 by 616 people. Version 3.1.0, updated 2026-08-06. Requests 7 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ghagedffjalchgcgdgfindabkpnmalel"
---

# CastBuddy

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 90,000
- Rating: 3.61 from 616 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 01:44 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #1,770 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #354 of 103,498

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> This extension finds videos on the web sites you are browsing and allows you to play them on your Chromecast device.

- Extension ID: `ghagedffjalchgcgdgfindabkpnmalel`
- Developer: [b4t](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/uded642e2d97ef5262c76ca3985a1f046)
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2014-03-09
- Last updated: 2026-08-06
- Version: `3.1.0`
- Size: 94.12 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Support page: `https://player.castbuddy.app/v2/help/index.html`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/castbuddy/ghagedffjalchgcgdgfindabkpnmalel>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fghagedffjalchgcgdgfindabkpnmalel>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 90,000 | 3.61 | 616 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

**Every website:** it can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.

### Sites

- `http://*.castbuddy.app`: castbuddy.app and its subdomains
- `https://*.castbuddy.app`: castbuddy.app and its subdomains
- `https://*.castbuddy.pages.dev/*`: castbuddy.pages.dev and its subdomains
- `https://dev.castbuddy.app:8080/*`: dev.castbuddy.app:8080

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `http://*/*`: Every website
- `https://*/*`: Every website

### Browser features

- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `sidePanel`: Show a side panel
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

### Asked for later, if you agree

- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Unblock Paste](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dcobmhkcnmkcaoigmipjeldhgfcekmbb) | 17 | – | – | Accessibility |
| [ReVst](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jaelalnjeklllihgbdmjdlpaggoekadl) | 7 | – | – | Workflow & Planning |

All 3 extensions by [b4t](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/uded642e2d97ef5262c76ca3985a1f046).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-27 01:44 UTC; next check around 2026-10-03.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “CastBuddy” (ghagedffjalchgcgdgfindabkpnmalel). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ghagedffjalchgcgdgfindabkpnmalel. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_ghagedffjalchgcgdgfindabkpnmalel,
  title   = {CastBuddy (ghagedffjalchgcgdgfindabkpnmalel)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ghagedffjalchgcgdgfindabkpnmalel},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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