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Is Extension Safe?
Check is extension safe and don't collect your data
Chrome extensions ask for one line of permissions in a file you never open, and the store answers with a star rating. is-extension-safe downloads the actual package, strips the obfuscation, reads the source and shows you exactly what data each extension can reach, with the file and line behind every claim. No verdicts, no scare labels. We describe capabilities, print what the analysis couldn't check, and publish corrections. Paste any store link to request an audit.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
A few weeks ago I decided to check the extensions in my browser. I could tell you what maybe four of them actually do. Every single one had asked permission to read and change everything on every site I visit, and I'd clicked "Add" without reading a word, because the store showed me 4.6 stars and two million users and that felt like enough.
It isn't enough. A star rating tells you whether people like an extension. It tells you nothing about what that extension can reach.
So I built the thing I wanted to exist. It downloads the real package, unpacks it, strips the obfuscation, reads the source, and says in plain English what the extension can get to.
The hardest part was not finding scary things. It was the opposite. My first version flagged uBlock Origin as 100 out of 100 dangerous, because my rules were matching domain names inside its own ad blocklist. One of the most trusted extensions on the internet, and my tool called it malware.
That bug ended up writing the rules for the whole product. We never call anything malicious. We describe what an extension CAN do, we cite the file and the line behind every claim, and we print what the analysis could not check right there on the page. If you can't verify us, we haven't done our job.
So, two things I'd genuinely like to know. Which extension do you want checked first? And if you build extensions and I got yours wrong, tell me. I'll fix it and publish the correction.
About Is Extension Safe? on Product Hunt
“Check is extension safe and don't collect your data”
Is Extension Safe? was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #89 on the daily leaderboard. Chrome extensions ask for one line of permissions in a file you never open, and the store answers with a star rating. is-extension-safe downloads the actual package, strips the obfuscation, reads the source and shows you exactly what data each extension can reach, with the file and line behind every claim. No verdicts, no scare labels. We describe capabilities, print what the analysis couldn't check, and publish corrections. Paste any store link to request an audit.
On the analytics side, Is Extension Safe? competes within Chrome Extensions — topics that collectively have 52.7k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Is Extension Safe? performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Is Extension Safe??
Is Extension Safe? was hunted by Svyat. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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