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Best alternatives to DummyText (2026)

8 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to DummyText, 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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≈6K users4.7★ from 27 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions

DummyText alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Lipsum Generator

    Generate lorem ipsum dummy text.

    ≈3K users4.9★ from 17 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago5 permissions
    • About 2.0× fewer users than DummyText
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 1)
    • Listed under Developer Tools
  2. 2

    Text Tools

    Handy text tools a click away

    ≈3K users4.0★ from 30 ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions
    • About 2.0× fewer users than DummyText
    • Rated 0.7 stars lower
    • Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
    • Listed under Tools
  3. 3

    Lorem Ipsum Generator

    Use lorem ipsum generator to create dummy text. Generate specified count text elements from characters to paragraphs of lorem ipsum

    ≈6K users4.9★ from 14 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago3 permissions
    • A similar number of users to DummyText
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
    • Listed under Tools
  4. 4

    Random Number Generator

    Generate random number from the range

    ≈1K users5.0★ from 4 ratingsNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions
    • About 6.0× fewer users than DummyText
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
    • Listed under Developer Tools
  5. 5

    Page Plain Text

    Chrome extension that shows page plain text and allows you to edit or download the text

    ≈6K users4.2★ from 15 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years5 permissions
    • A similar number of users to DummyText
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 1)
    • Listed under Accessibility
  6. 6

    Text Case Converter

    Converts text to letter cases including Uppercase, Lowercase, Title Case, Capitalized Case, Sentence Case, and Alternating Case.

    ≈8K users4.9★ from 14 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago1 permissions
    • A similar number of users to DummyText
    • Updated more recently
    • Listed under Social Networking
  7. 7

    Name Generator

    Easy way to generate random names and save them for a later use!

    ≈1K users4.3★ from 6 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions
    • About 6.0× fewer users than DummyText
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
    • Listed under Developer Tools
  8. 8

    Power Text for Google Chrome™

    Create custom keyboard shortcuts to expand and replace text as you type!

    ≈40K users3.8★ from 72 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago4 permissions
    • About 6.7× more users than DummyText
    • Rated 0.9 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)

DummyText alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to DummyText?

By users, the most popular alternative is Power Text for Google Chrome™ with ≈40K users and a 3.8-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Lipsum Generator.

Which DummyText alternative has the best rating?

Power Text for Google Chrome™ has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 3.8 out of 5 from 72 ratings.

Is there a DummyText alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Text Tools asks for 0 permissions, against 1 for DummyText.

How many alternatives to DummyText are there?

We list 8 close alternatives to DummyText 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.