---
title: "Falling Metal Pipe – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "5,000 users, rated 4.92 by 102 people. Version 1.2.0, updated 2023-05-02. Requests 1 permission."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nbgmlhcjfjkbpflgcfemflmcdgegcckj"
---

# Falling Metal Pipe

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 5,000
- Rating: 4.92 from 102 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 05:59 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #10,298 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Just for Fun: #475 of 9,242

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> A metal pipe falls every time you open a tab

- Extension ID: `nbgmlhcjfjkbpflgcfemflmcdgegcckj`
- Developer: [Swantzter](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u490baaab1056d448bf1541d71e0a779d)
- Category: [Lifestyle › Just for Fun](https://extensiontracker.com/category/lifestyle/fun)
- First published: 2023-04-26
- Last updated: 2023-05-02
- Version: `1.2.0`
- Size: 64.92 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `swantzter.se`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/falling-metal-pipe/nbgmlhcjfjkbpflgcfemflmcdgegcckj>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fnbgmlhcjfjkbpflgcfemflmcdgegcckj>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 5,000 | 4.92 | 102 |

## 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.

### Browser features

- `offscreen`: Open a hidden page for background work

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Developers Developers DEVELOPERS](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jpaghlgmhphkahjonnocpcpfcaeknihp) | 4 | 5.00 | 2 | Just for Fun |

All 2 extensions by [Swantzter](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u490baaab1056d448bf1541d71e0a779d).

## 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 05:59 UTC; next check around 2026-09-29.

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

## Cite this page

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

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

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