Best alternatives to Chrome extension source viewer (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Chrome extension source viewer, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Chrome extension source viewer alternatives, compared
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Chrome Extension Source Viewer
Use Chrome Extension Source Viewer to check all extensions' source code and analyze extension stats directly from your browser.
≈2K users5.0★ from 16 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago3 permissions- About 50× fewer users than Chrome extension source viewer
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 7)
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View source code of online HTML, CSS & JavaScript files
≈20K users3.0★ from 7 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years3 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than Chrome extension source viewer
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 7)
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Source Code Viewer
Displays and downloads the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript source code of the current page. Now with accurate file sizes and modern UI.
≈1K users5.0★ from 3 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago5 permissions- About 100× fewer users than Chrome extension source viewer
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 7)
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Quick source viewer
View current page sources: HTML + Javascript + CSS
≈20K users3.6★ from 115 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago1 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than Chrome extension source viewer
- Rated 1.0 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 7)
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SourceViewer(zvSource)
View the original source code of the current page in an in-page editor with syntax highlighting and line numbers.
≈1K users4.3★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago3 permissions- About 100× fewer users than Chrome extension source viewer
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 7)
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View Page Source
Get access to the page source with the click of a button.
≈3K users4.6★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 8 days ago3 permissions- About 33× fewer users than Chrome extension source viewer
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 7)
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view-current-source
View the source code of a page at its current state.
≈1K users3.1★ from 26 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago5 permissions- About 100× fewer users than Chrome extension source viewer
- Rated 1.5 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 7)
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SSE Viewer
SSE Viewer is a Chrome extension for displaying EventStream in the devtools
≈4K users4.6★ from 9 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years2 permissions- About 25× fewer users than Chrome extension source viewer
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 7)
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View Rendered Source
View source is dead. See how the browser renders a page, not just what the server sends.
≈30K users4.4★ from 41 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years4 permissions- About 3.3× fewer users than Chrome extension source viewer
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 7)
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swagger-viewer
Shows swagger yaml/json rendered by Swagger-UI. This extension replace swagger code into preview html in GitHub.
≈9K users3.3★ from 8 ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions- About 11× fewer users than Chrome extension source viewer
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 7)
Chrome extension source viewer alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Chrome extension source viewer?
By users, the most popular alternative is View Rendered Source with ≈30K users and a 4.4-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Chrome Extension Source Viewer.
Which Chrome extension source viewer alternative has the best rating?
Quick source viewer has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 3.6 out of 5 from 115 ratings.
Is there a Chrome extension source viewer alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
swagger-viewer asks for 0 permissions, against 7 for Chrome extension source viewer.
How many alternatives to Chrome extension source viewer are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Chrome extension source viewer on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.