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Keep Chrome open in the background for faster re-opening
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Do you have a million extensions installed that take absolutely ages to load when you open a new Chrome window, causing freezes and stuttering? Do you want to get notifications from your browser extensions without having to keep a Chrome window open and cluttering your taskbar? Do you have more RAM than you know what to do with?
If you answered yes to at least one of the questions above then this extension is for you! After installing, Chrome will sit in your notification area and remain open in the background, which means that when you open a new Chrome window all your extensions will not need to re-initialize themselves resulting in a lot faster startup and next to no lag.
For the longest time I've been just installing Dropbox for Gmail on all my machines to get this effect, but taking a look at what permissions it has made me realize that maybe I should not be doing that. I decided to make my own background extension with no permissions, no cryptominers and no API calls "phoning home".
That's right, this extension literally has no way to access any of your personal data anywhere while you're browsing, its only purpose is to let you keep Chrome in the background. Even if at any point the extension were to be compromised you would be prompted for any extra permissions, which you should never agree to. You have my word that this extension will never be sold to any shady extension marketing company looking to inject ads and/or trackers into every page you visit.
This extension is open source, you can find the source code here: https://github.com/SeinopSys/LightningReopen
Latest reviews
- (2023-09-05) Rudranil Ghosh: Works as intended but every time I reboot my PC, chrome re-opens automatically. Please fix this.
- (2023-06-06) Jan Zaharov: Perfect! Thank you!
- (2023-03-19) Petre Ikonomov: Perfect!
- (2023-01-25) Derek Hatake: perfect
- (2022-12-02) Tom Husband: Perfect! When in Chrome OS there's no problem but when in Linux or Windows I was always having to log back into stuff like Bitwarden. Not anymore, Lightening Reopen fixes this. Well done! Many thanks.
- (2022-11-22) Henry Steinway: Oh, thank you! Tried to code it myself, but I don't really know a thing about it.. It's perfect for me!
- (2021-12-30) Aayush K: 10/10 app, no permissions etc needed, fully open source, thanks Seinop.
- (2021-07-01) Shasiru Witharanage: No hassle. Works as described. This extension has become my one of essential chrome extensions.
- (2021-05-24) Claire N Destine: Silly that this setting requires a third party extension, but this one does exactly what I need perfectly without any hassle. Thanks for making it x
- (2021-03-12) Jason G: Thank you for creating this. I've been looking for something like this for a while now. Very useful to keep 1Password extension from requiring a password every time close the last open window.
- (2021-03-11) HaJun Suh: Perfect extension for those who need quick notifications!!!
- (2021-01-14) Sanskar Mohanty: This extension literally solved a world of problems for me.
- (2021-01-12) Igor Svireles: Please add more tags for this extension. I found it only on 2nd page of google. Add tags like: background extension, force chrome background, chrome in the background
- (2020-08-26) Rank Coder S.: i was searching for such a chrome extension that just does the work: running chrome in background. thank u, developer.
- (2020-07-20) Dominic Klein: GET THIS NOW. :-)
- (2020-07-18) Mohamadhasan Kohansal: oh dude, I Love It. I permission chrome to run in background and turn on in chrome settings but deos nt work, but this extension work perfectly and chrome works in background.
- (2020-03-18) Matteo Sovilla: Can't ask for anything more, wonderful!
- (2020-01-10) Lukáš Heřmánek: Funguje podle mých představ. Navíc nevyžaduje žádné oprávnění. Takže 5 hvězdiček!
- (2019-10-20) Dale Burke: Does what it says, no special permissions.......5 Stars!
- (2019-09-30) Louis Charles: Works perfectly. By far the best extension to simply keep Chrome running in the background
- (2019-09-10) N C: Works as expected, open source, no permissions! What else could you ask for.
- (2019-08-14) Saim Abdullah: I used to install the zenmate to keep running the chrome in the background, but recently they have started to send a lot of notifications, so this extension is a life saver....
- (2019-08-11) Wenrui Xie: This extension is exactly what i want :)
- (2019-05-20) A.J. Villarreal: Perfect
- (2019-05-17) A.J. Villarreal: Perfect!
- (2019-05-14) Central Jóias: Muito útil, estou usando em todos os computadores da empresa.
- (2019-04-27) Jacob Kopczynski: Does exactly what it says on the tin. Quality.
- (2019-04-27) Y Santamorena: I was about to make this extension, then found this guy made it, nice work!
- (2019-04-22) Arka Patra: Does the work!
- (2019-04-20) Abhidhamma: Thank you! Simple, open source and does the job!
- (2019-04-14) Joel: Exactly what I wanted! works perfectly and it barely takes up any RAM or CPU
- (2019-02-27) Tony Lam: Actually works, nice coding!
- (2019-01-31) Atif Hussain: helps me keep chrome open in the background without unnecessary permissions.
- (2018-10-03) Aron Love: Works perfectly without requiring any permissions. Now I can stay signed into my web apps even if I close all open Chrome windows.
- (2018-08-25) Benjamin Ubierna: Thanks! I was looking to keep Chrome open for notifications.
Latest issues
- (2019-08-28, v:1.0.0) Diego Cardinali: How about at boot
This extension works for me! Is there a way to automate its launch at startup in tray, without opening an actual chrome page? - (2019-08-19, v:1.0.0) Vitor Barata: I installed the extension, restarted windows, but every time I close chrome, it closes completely
I installed the extension, restarted windows, but every time I close chrome, it closes completely, without any trayicon,and taking always lots of time and resources to startup. There are many similar extensions and none works for me.