---
title: "Open in Colab – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "100,000 users, rated 3.73 by 26 people. Version 1.2.1, updated 2025-11-13. Requests 1 permission."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/iogfkhleblhcpcekbiedikdehleodpjo"
---

# Open in Colab

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 100,000
- Rating: 3.73 from 26 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-06 11:34 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #1,054 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Developer Tools: #102 of 30,442

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Open a Github-hosted notebook in Google Colab

- Extension ID: `iogfkhleblhcpcekbiedikdehleodpjo`
- Developer: [Google Ireland, Ltd.](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u1a581f64221f1f8e8e8264384b17778f)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Developer Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/developer)
- First published: 2018-10-26
- Last updated: 2025-11-13
- Version: `1.2.1`
- Size: 23.29 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `https://colab.research.google.com/`
- Support page: `https://github.com/googlecolab/open_in_colab/issues`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/open-in-colab/iogfkhleblhcpcekbiedikdehleodpjo>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/iogfkhleblhcpcekbiedikdehleodpjo>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22iogfkhleblhcpcekbiedikdehleodpjo%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-06 | 100,000 | 3.73 | 26 |
| 2026-10-29 | 100,000 | 3.73 | 26 |
| 2026-10-23 | 100,000 | 3.73 | 26 |
| 2026-10-15 | 100,000 | 3.73 | 26 |
| 2026-10-07 | 100,000 | 3.73 | 26 |
| 2026-09-30 | 100,000 | 3.73 | 26 |
| 2026-09-27 | 100,000 | 3.73 | 26 |

## 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.

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension

## 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 2026-11-06 11:34 UTC; next check around 2026-11-13.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Open in Colab” (iogfkhleblhcpcekbiedikdehleodpjo). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-06. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/iogfkhleblhcpcekbiedikdehleodpjo. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_iogfkhleblhcpcekbiedikdehleodpjo,
  title   = {Open in Colab (iogfkhleblhcpcekbiedikdehleodpjo)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-06},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/iogfkhleblhcpcekbiedikdehleodpjo},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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