---
title: "Back to arXiv – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "3 users, no ratings yet. Version 0.3.0, updated 2026-10-30. Requests 3 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/olekpoigngcmbmkpdaoepfecgfbpocan"
---

# Back to arXiv

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 3
- Rating: no ratings yet
- Last checked: 2026-11-06 07:42 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #233,153 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #91,000 of 115,641

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Open alphaXiv papers on arXiv as abstracts, PDFs, or experimental HTML. Keep versions, copy links, and use a shortcut.

- Extension ID: `olekpoigngcmbmkpdaoepfecgfbpocan`
- Developer: [timerring](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u5e9eb2bf9c06916894f91d67ec2470c4)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2026-10-30
- Last updated: 2026-10-30
- Version: `0.3.0`
- Size: 27.77 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 120
- Languages (2): English, 中文（中国）
- Privacy policy: `https://timerring.com/back-to-arxiv/store/privacy-policy.html`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/back-to-arxiv/olekpoigngcmbmkpdaoepfecgfbpocan>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/olekpoigngcmbmkpdaoepfecgfbpocan>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22olekpoigngcmbmkpdaoepfecgfbpocan%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 | 3 | – | – |
| 2026-10-31 | – | – | – |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-11-04: Now trusted by Enhanced Safe Browsing.

## 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 2026-10-31.

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 where it runs scripts

- `https://alphaxiv.org/*`: alphaxiv.org
- `https://www.alphaxiv.org/*`: www.alphaxiv.org

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `clipboardWrite`: Change what's in your clipboard
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [COSE - 多平台文章同步](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ilhikcdphhpjofhlnbojifbihhfmmhfk) | 4,000 | 5.00 | 5 | Tools |
| [BiliSpeedUp - B站倍速工具](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/heldpochgjiepmgkcaieifgmdfhoblbk) | 1,000 | 5.00 | 3 | Tools |
| [PerplexPin](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pkeebiihgfbgcfboahlcicfggkabojjo) | 21 | – | – | Tools |
| [Xpert](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dghoikefdkdgbbhngpkjecknlhhhoooa) | – | – | – | Tools |

All 5 extensions by [timerring](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u5e9eb2bf9c06916894f91d67ec2470c4).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked again 7 and 30 days after it was published, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-11-06 07:42 UTC; next check around 2026-11-29.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Back to arXiv” (olekpoigngcmbmkpdaoepfecgfbpocan). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-06. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/olekpoigngcmbmkpdaoepfecgfbpocan. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_olekpoigngcmbmkpdaoepfecgfbpocan,
  title   = {Back to arXiv (olekpoigngcmbmkpdaoepfecgfbpocan)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-06},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/olekpoigngcmbmkpdaoepfecgfbpocan},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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