Host Switcher
Switch the host of the current tab's URL.
As of June 2026, Host Switcher has 49 users in the Developer Tools category.
Usersup 75.0 percent+75.0%
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Ratingno change0%
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Version
1.0
Manifest V3
History
5 snapshotsTracking since Apr 20, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2026 | 28 | — | — | 1.0 |
| May 5, 2026 | 36 | — | — | 1.0 |
| May 15, 2026 | 37 | — | — | 1.0 |
| May 28, 2026 | 36 | — | — | 1.0 |
| Jun 8, 2026 | 43 | — | — | 1.0 |
| Now | 49 | — | — | 1.0 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- tabsactiveTabstorage
- Host access
- None declared
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About
A Chrome extension that allows you to quickly switch the host part of any URL while preserving the path, query parameters, and hash. Perfect for developers who work with multiple environments (localhost, staging, production, etc.). You can quickly switch to: - Local development servers (`http://localhost:3000`, `http://localhost:8080`) - Staging environments (`https://staging.example.com`) - Testing environments (`https://test.example.com`) - Different API environments - Preview deployments
Technical
- Version
- 1.0
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 30.63KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- ogebppboamgimnipapfpafaaaamdahjp
- Developer ID
- u40a98f3760ff438623d2f724b164c1b7
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Sep 29, 2025
- Last Updated (Store)
- Sep 29, 2025
- Last Scraped
- Jun 8, 2026
- Website
- —
- Support URL
- https://github.com/fgkolf/host-switcher
- Privacy Policy
- —
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 8, 2026.