---
title: "Chrome extension source viewer – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "100,000 users, rated 4.60 by 436 people. Version 1.7.1, updated 2026-09-02. Requests 7 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jifpbeccnghkjeaalbbjmodiffmgedin"
---

# Chrome extension source viewer

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 100,000
- Rating: 4.60 from 436 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-11 17:30 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #1,054 of 292,130 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:

> View source code of Chrome extensions, Firefox addons or Opera extensions (crx/nex/xpi) from the Chrome web store and elsewhere.

- Extension ID: `jifpbeccnghkjeaalbbjmodiffmgedin`
- Developer: [Rob W](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u336687fa160e58e37c25213d6e79c1b9)
- 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: 2013-04-23
- Last updated: 2026-09-02
- Version: `1.7.1`
- Size: 230 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Support page: `https://github.com/Rob--W/crxviewer/issues`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/chrome-extension-source-v/jifpbeccnghkjeaalbbjmodiffmgedin>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/jifpbeccnghkjeaalbbjmodiffmgedin>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22jifpbeccnghkjeaalbbjmodiffmgedin%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-11 | 100,000 | 4.60 | 436 |
| 2026-11-04 | 100,000 | 4.60 | 436 |
| 2026-10-27 | 100,000 | 4.60 | 436 |
| 2026-10-20 | 100,000 | 4.56 | 435 |
| 2026-10-13 | 100,000 | 4.59 | 435 |
| 2026-10-07 | 100,000 | 4.59 | 435 |
| 2026-09-30 | 100,000 | 4.59 | 435 |
| 2026-09-27 | 100,000 | 4.59 | 435 |

## 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.

### Sites

- `*://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx*`: clients2.google.com
- `*://clients2.googleusercontent.com/crx/download/*`: clients2.googleusercontent.com

### Browser features

- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `declarativeContent`: Act on what a page contains, without reading it
- `downloads`: Manage your downloads
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs

### Asked for later, if you agree

- `*://*/*`: Every website

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [PDF Viewer](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm) | 1,000,000 | 4.28 | 2,729 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Save Image As PNG](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nkokmeaibnajheohncaamjggkanfbphi) | 400,000 | 4.00 | 442 | Art & Design |
| [Don't track me Google](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gdbofhhdmcladcmmfjolgndfkpobecpg) | 30,000 | 4.59 | 218 | Tools |
| [Display \#Anchors](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/poahndpaaanbpbeafbkploiobpiiieko) | 10,000 | 4.88 | 60 | Workflow & Planning |
| [IMDB Search](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/cbongpcdgehbfeajgkndgkbdkkfdmdik) | 644 | 3.18 | 11 | Tools |
| ["View Vote totals" without 1000 rep](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/oibfliilcglieepgkdkahpfiiigdijdd) | 214 | 4.86 | 14 | Workflow & Planning |

All 7 extensions by [Rob W](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u336687fa160e58e37c25213d6e79c1b9).

## 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 2026-11-11 17:30 UTC; next check around 2026-11-19.

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

## Cite this page

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

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

---

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