Why we score it 60
- A Chrome App rather than an extension, on a platform Chrome has withdrawn.
- Has not been updated in over 9 years.
What it can access
On the sites it runs on, Beagle Term can reach no sites on its own. Its permission set rates 18 out of 100 for reach — a measure of what it could do, not of anything it has done.
Store rating 4.4 out of 5 from 80 people.
| Permission | What it allows | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| serial | Talk directly to devices connected over a serial port. | 18 |
| storage | Save its own settings and data in your browser. | - |
What this was, and why it stopped
Beagle Term was a packaged Chrome App: it shipped its own files and ran in a window of its own, rather than as part of a web page. Chrome Apps were a separate platform from extensions, and Google withdrew it — support ended on Windows, macOS and Linux in 2022 and on ChromeOS in early 2025.
What it ran: 1 background script of its own and a declaration that it worked offline.
Unlike a hosted app there is no website underneath this one to fall back on. The app was the whole program, so when the platform went, nothing was left behind it.
It declared it needed Chrome 25 or newer. Its listing was still in the store when we checked on 1 September 2026. Being listed and being usable are different things, and the store does not distinguish them.
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