The downloads.open permission
An extension holding downloads.open can
open files you have downloaded.
We give it no weight when scoring how much an extension can reach: on its own it exposes nothing about you.
- Extensions we track using it
- 58
- Share of those we have checked
- 0.1%
- Risk weight
- 0/100
Who asks for it
Out of the 67,225 extensions we have examined, 58 declare this permission. These are the largest of them by user count.
| Extension | Platform | Users | Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Security | Manifest V3 | 11M | 100 |
| AIX Downloader(Picture/Video/Music) | Manifest V3 | 200k | 78 |
| Скачать ВК Видео | Manifest V3 | 100k | 48 |
| My Downloads | Manifest V3 | 100k | 10 |
| AllDebrid Extension | Manifest V3 | 40k | 98 |
| Auto Flow x G-Labs Automation | Manifest V3 | 40k | 26 |
| Testing Toolkit: 15+ Essential Manual Testing Tools | Manifest V3 | 30k | 100 |
| Zoho Show | Manifest V3 | 20k | 78 |
| 下载管理 | Manifest V3 | 10k | 38 |
| Ultra Button | Manifest V3 | 6k | 43 |
| Trafikverket EA Sharepoint Integration | Manifest V3 | 2k | 45 |
| Download Manager | Manifest V3 | 1k | 8 |
| Export Google AI Studio Chats to PDF - Download Google AI Studio Chats | Manifest V3 | 549 | 24 |
| Download Manager Expert | Manifest V3 | 490 | 17 |
| Email Viewer Pro | Manifest V3 | 293 | 8 |
| DeepSeek to PDF - Export DeepSeek Chats to PDF, Markdown, JSON | Manifest V3 | 291 | 24 |
| Automatically Open New Downloads | Manifest V3 | 234 | 8 |
| Exporter for GitHub Copilot - Export Github Copilot Chats to PDF, Markdown | Manifest V3 | 133 | 24 |
| Kavim Download Manager | Manifest V3 | 78 | 10 |
| HIVO Extension | Manifest V3 | 71 | 73 |
| Capture Free Screen Recorder & Screenshot (4K, No Watermark) | Manifest V3 | 68 | 100 |
| PoliCanvas | Manifest V3 | 61 | 12 |
| VideoCatcher | Manifest V3 | 59 | 100 |
| 下载管理器Open Download Manager | Manifest V3 | 42 | 8 |
| xVoIP Softphone | Manifest V3 | 39 | 43 |
Counts are of extensions we have checked ourselves, not of the whole Chrome Web Store. Chrome's own reference for developers: developer.chrome.com. How we weight permissions