Chrome extension source viewer
View source code of Chrome extensions, Firefox addons or Opera extensions (crx/nex/xpi) from the Chrome web store and elsewhere.
As of May 2026, Chrome extension source viewer has 100,000 users and a 4.59/5 rating from 434 reviews in the Developer Tools category.
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Version
1.7.0
Manifest V3
History
2 snapshotsTracking since Apr 29, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | 100.0K | 4.58 | 433 | 1.7.0 |
| May 26, 2026 | 100.0K | 4.58 | 433 | 1.7.0 |
| Now | 100.0K | 4.59 | 434 | 1.7.0 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- tabsstoragecontextMenusdownloadsdeclarativeContent
- Host access
- *://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx*, *://clients2.googleusercontent.com/crx/download/*
Screenshots
About
View the source code of any Chrome extension in the Chrome Web store without installing it. Features: - Button at the Chrome Web store - Download extension as zip file - View source - Configurable via context menu on button: Set one-click action via "primary action on click". - View source: - File name/type filter - Search in the file content (literal or regexp) - Automatic beautification (formatting) of code - Syntax highlighting - Show hashes (md5, sha1, sha256, sha384, sha512) of individual files - Image preview - View embedded zip files - View any zip file by URL or file chooser - View source of platform-specific extensions (such as Chrome OS-only extensions, or NaCl for a different architecture). - Permalink to file and search result within a zip or extension file. - Full support for incognito mode. - Outputs public key and extension ID to the console. Optional features (see options page): - View source of Opera 15+ extensions, Edge extensions, Firefox addons or Thunderbird add-ons. - "View extension source" contextmenu item on links to Chrome extensions - View source of Chrome extensions outside the webstore. The View source button becomes visible when you select a CRX file for download. Source code: https://github.com/Rob--W/crxviewer Online demo: https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/ Contact: [email protected] Change log: - 1.2.3: Add "downloads" permission to make sure that the "Download" button always works as intended. - 1.2.4: Add extra parameters to the CRX URL to make sure that CRX files of extensions uploaded to the Chrome Web Store after July 2014 are correctly read. - 1.2.6: Sync options, use optionsV2, show numeric progress instead of dots, updated JSBeautifier, restore font size. - 1.2.7: Bugfixes (viewer height, checkbox filter). - 1.3: Support Firefox addons (also available as a Firefox addon!) Search within files Customize webstore download parameters View embedded zip files and any zip file - 1.3.1: Use correct URL for loading extension files. - 1.3.2: Bugfix to allow unusual extension URLs to be opened again. - 1.4: New syntax highlighter, improved search controls, improved word wrap. - 1.5: Calculate hashes, add link to Github project page, bugfix for case-sensitive search. - 1.6: Improved search highlighting & also search in beautified content. - 1.6.2: Configurable "primary action on click", open new tab next to current tab. - 1.6.4: Support the new CRX3 Chrome extension file format (#62). - 1.6.6: Permalink support, Firefox add-on finder. - 1.6.7: Fix broken extension due to bug with storage access and NativeCrxBindings. - 1.6.8: Support CRX3 file format from CWS; support some other AMO domains. - 1.6.9: Add option to add the context menu item to more links (#69), open new tabs via context menu next to current tab. - 1.6.10: Improve syntax highlighting (perf, highlighting of WebAssembly source), show sum of file sizes. - 1.6.11: Add "Extension ID" row at Analysis of manifest.json, improve CRX3 public key detection, improve zip fallback detection. - 1.6.12: Support source viewing of Edge and Thunderbird extensions, recognize CRX3 from Opera, update beautifier. - 1.6.13: Work around Chrome bug that broke the extension button (#120). - 1.7.0: Support new Chrome Web Store (#134), and migrate to Manifest Version 3.
Technical
- Version
- 1.7.0
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 227KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- Yes
Metadata
- ID
- jifpbeccnghkjeaalbbjmodiffmgedin
- Developer ID
- u336687fa160e58e37c25213d6e79c1b9
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Apr 23, 2013
- Last Updated (Store)
- Dec 11, 2023
- Last Scraped
- May 26, 2026
- Website
- —
- Support URL
- https://github.com/Rob--W/crxviewer/issues
- Privacy Policy
- https://robwu.nl/privacy/cws/
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