Screenshots as the store published them when we checked on .
Why we score it 60
- A Chrome App rather than an extension, on a platform Chrome has withdrawn.
- Has not been updated in over 3 years.
What it can access
On the sites it runs on, DEPRECATED Secure Shell App can reach no sites on its own. Its permission set rates 15 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 3,049 people.
It keeps a background page resident for as long as Chrome is open. Current extensions use a service worker that Chrome starts on demand and stops again, so this one costs memory whether or not you use it.
| Permission | What it allows | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| clipboardRead | Read whatever you have copied to your clipboard. | 10 |
| accessibilityFeatures.read | See which accessibility features you have turned on. | 5 |
| clipboardWrite | Put content on your clipboard. | - |
| crashReportPrivate | Report its own crashes through an internal Chrome API. | - |
| fileSystemProvider | We have not written a plain-English description for this one yet. | - |
| idle | See whether you are currently active at your computer. | - |
| metricsPrivate | Report usage statistics through a Chrome API that only Google’s own extensions may use. | - |
| notifications | Show you desktop notifications. | - |
| storage | Save its own settings and data in your browser. | - |
| terminalPrivate | We have not written a plain-English description for this one yet. | - |
| unlimitedStorage | Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser instead of the usual quota. | - |
What this was, and why it stopped
DEPRECATED Secure Shell App 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: 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 57 or newer. Its listing was still in the store when we checked on 2 September 2026. Being listed and being usable are different things, and the store does not distinguish them.
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