Screenshot as the store published it 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- A Chrome App rather than an extension, on a platform Chrome has withdrawn.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 12 years.
What it can access
On the sites it runs on, Light can reach no sites on its own.
Store rating 2.5 out of 5 from 312 people.
| Permission | What it allows | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| notifications | Show you desktop notifications. | - |
| unlimitedStorage | Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser instead of the usual quota. | - |
What this was, and where it went
Light was a hosted Chrome App: a launcher that opened freeonlineflashlight.com in a tab. It was not an extension and it was not code running inside your browser — it could reach no more of your browsing than a bookmark to the same address.
Chrome Apps were a separate platform, and Google withdrew it. Support ended on Windows, macOS and Linux in 2022 and on ChromeOS in early 2025, so the launcher no longer starts. That is a different story from the Manifest V2 wind-down, which is about extensions and happened later.
The address it opened was freeonlineflashlight.com. Nothing answered at that address when we tried it on — no reply rather than an error page, which usually means the domain itself has lapsed.
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.
What to use instead
No close enough replacement turned up in the same category. Filling the space with something that merely looks similar would be worse than saying so.
Read from this extension's own store listing and published manifest on . JSON · Method · Store listing