---
title: "CastBuddy – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "80,000 users, rated 2.85 by 617 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: 80,000
- Rating: 2.85 from 617 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-07 13:41 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: −10,000 (-11.1%)
- Rank by users: #1,862 of 292,125 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #383 of 115,633

## 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)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- 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 its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/ghagedffjalchgcgdgfindabkpnmalel>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22ghagedffjalchgcgdgfindabkpnmalel%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-07 | 80,000 | 2.85 | 617 |
| 2026-10-31 | 80,000 | 2.85 | 617 |
| 2026-10-24 | 80,000 | 2.91 | 616 |
| 2026-10-16 | 90,000 | 2.91 | 616 |
| 2026-10-09 | 90,000 | 3.61 | 616 |
| 2026-10-03 | 90,000 | 3.61 | 616 |
| 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.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## 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) | 16 | – | – | Accessibility |
| [ReVst](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jaelalnjeklllihgbdmjdlpaggoekadl) | 5 | – | – | 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 2026-11-07 13:41 UTC; next check around 2026-11-13.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “CastBuddy” (ghagedffjalchgcgdgfindabkpnmalel). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-07. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ghagedffjalchgcgdgfindabkpnmalel. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_ghagedffjalchgcgdgfindabkpnmalel,
  title   = {CastBuddy (ghagedffjalchgcgdgfindabkpnmalel)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-07},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ghagedffjalchgcgdgfindabkpnmalel},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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