Your browser is where you spend most of your day. These 15 Chrome extensions make it faster, safer, and more productive — broken down by category so you can pick what matters most to you.
Productivity & Focus
| Extension | What It Does |
|---|
| uBlock Origin | The only ad blocker you need. Lightweight, open source, and blocks trackers too. Uses far less memory than AdBlock Plus. |
| OneTab | Converts all your open tabs into a single list. Click to restore individually or all at once. Saves 95% memory when you have 50 tabs open. |
| Toby | Visual tab management with drag-and-drop collections. Organize tabs by project and sync across devices. |
| Momentum | Replaces new tab with a beautiful background, clock, and a daily focus prompt. Keeps you from getting sucked into the browser black hole. |
Security & Privacy
| Extension | What It Does |
|---|
| Bitwarden | Free, open-source password manager. Auto-fills logins, generates strong passwords, syncs across all devices. The best free option by a mile. |
| Privacy Badger | From the EFF. Automatically learns which trackers to block based on their behavior. No configuration needed — just install and forget. |
| HTTPS Everywhere | Automatically switches sites from HTTP to HTTPS when available. Protection against downgrade attacks. |
Developer Tools
| Extension | What It Does |
|---|
| React Developer Tools | Inspect React component trees, props, state, and hooks. Essential for React debugging. |
| JSON Formatter | Auto-formats JSON responses in the browser with syntax highlighting and collapsible trees. Makes reading API responses bearable. |
| Wappalyzer | Shows what technologies a website uses — frameworks, analytics, CDNs, CMS. Great for competitive research and tech curiosity. |
| VisBug | A visual design debugging tool. Move, resize, and restyle elements directly on the page. Like Firebug for the modern web. |
Design & Content
| Extension | What It Does |
|---|
| ColorZilla | Eyedropper tool that picks colors from any webpage. Includes a gradient generator and CSS gradient parser. |
| GoFullPage | Captures full-page screenshots — scrolling included. Perfect for documenting designs, creating portfolios, or reporting bugs. |
| WhatFont | Hover over any text to identify the font family, size, weight, and line height. Saves you from digging into DevTools just to find a font name. |
The One Extension to Rule Them All
If you only install one: uBlock Origin. It makes the web faster, cleaner, and safer. Everything else is optimization on top of that foundation.