Best alternatives to Thumbnail Grabber (2026)
7 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Thumbnail Grabber, 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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Thumbnail Grabber alternatives, compared
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YouTube Thumbnail Grabber
Get thumbnails of YouTube videos, made by FeriVOQ
≈4K users4.0★ from 4 ratings2 permissions- About 2.5× fewer users than Thumbnail Grabber
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 9)
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Youtube™ Thumbnail Preview
View youtube thumbnails with a single click.
≈10K users4.4★ from 33 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years1 permissions- A similar number of users to Thumbnail Grabber
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 9)
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Link Grabber
Collect, review, and export links from pages—with selection, multi-tab scope, and filters.
≈20K users4.5★ from 203 ratingsUpdated 13 days ago7 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Thumbnail Grabber
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (7 vs 9)
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Hide YouTube Thumbnails
Hide YouTube Thumbnails for less clickbaity browsing
≈50K users4.7★ from 145 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago1 permissions- About 5.0× more users than Thumbnail Grabber
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 9)
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Link Grabber
An easy to use extractor or grabber for hyperlinks on an HTML page
≈200K users4.6★ from 260 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years5 permissions- About 20× more users than Thumbnail Grabber
- Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 9)
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Thumbnail Rating Bar for YouTube™
Displays a rating bar (likes/dislikes) on the bottom of every YouTube™ video thumbnail.
≈20K users4.6★ from 284 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago5 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Thumbnail Grabber
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 9)
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Media Grabber
Get the media URL of a page's most recently played audio/video (and then do something with it).
≈3K users3.0★ from 22 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago6 permissions- About 3.3× fewer users than Thumbnail Grabber
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (6 vs 9)
Thumbnail Grabber alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Thumbnail Grabber?
By users, the most popular alternative is Link Grabber with ≈200K users and a 4.6-star rating. The closest match by what it does is YouTube Thumbnail Grabber.
Which Thumbnail Grabber alternative has the best rating?
Hide YouTube Thumbnails has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 145 ratings.
Is there a Thumbnail Grabber alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Youtube™ Thumbnail Preview asks for 1 permissions, against 9 for Thumbnail Grabber.
How many alternatives to Thumbnail Grabber are there?
We list 7 close alternatives to Thumbnail Grabber on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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