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The scripting permission

Chrome extension permission · by Alex · checked

An extension holding scripting can run its own code inside the pages you visit.

We weight it 10 out of 100 when scoring how much an extension can reach. That is a measure of capability, not of behaviour: plenty of extensions need this to do their job.

Extensions we track using it
14,150
Share of those we have checked
21%
Risk weight
10/100

Who asks for it

Out of the 67,225 extensions we have examined, 14,150 declare this permission. These are the largest of them by user count.

ExtensionPlatformUsersReach
Adobe Acrobat: PDF edit, convert, sign tools Manifest V3 320M 100
AdBlock — block ads across the web Manifest V3 61M 70
Grammarly: AI Writing Assistant and Grammar Checker App Manifest V3 38M 79
Adblock Plus - free ad blocker Manifest V3 38M 70
Google Translate Manifest V3 34M 40
uBlock Origin Lite Manifest V3 18M 62
360 Internet Protection Manifest V3 18M 90
VPN for Chrome: NordVPN proxy protection Manifest V3 14M 100
Tampermonkey Manifest V3 12M 100
Malwarebytes Browser Guard Manifest V3 11M 100
Netflix Party is now Teleparty Manifest V3 10M 10
Loom – Screen Recorder & Screen Capture Manifest V3 8M 100
NordPass® Password Manager & Digital Vault Manifest V3 8M 78
TouchEn PC보안 확장 Manifest V3 8M 60
Dark Reader Manifest V3 7M 40
Avira Browser Safety Manifest V3 7M 100
Screencastify - Screen Video Recorder Manifest V3 7M 77
Bitwarden Password Manager Manifest V3 7M 95
Google Keep Chrome Extension Manifest V3 7M 31
WPS PDF - Read, Edit, Fill, Convert, and AI Chat PDF with Ease Manifest V3 6M 100
AnyDoc Translator - Translate Web and PDF Manifest V3 6M 95
Urban VPN Proxy Manifest V3 6M 100
Sider: Chat with all AI: GPT-5, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok Manifest V3 5M 97
Quillbot: AI Writing Assistant with Humanizer, Paraphraser & AI Detector Manifest V3 5M 70
Norton Safe Search Manifest V3 5M 70

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