Allow CORS Chrome Extension Analysis
Developer & Designer ToolsStore listing title: Allow CORS: Access-Control-Allow-Origin
Chrome extension ID: lhobafahddgcelffkeicbaginigeejlf
A Chrome extension designed to bypass browser-enforced Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) restrictions. It allows developers to modify response headers to facilitate testing and debugging of web applications.
Overview
Installs
800K+
Rating
★ 3.4
291 reviews
Languages
1 locales
Includes English
Market analysis
Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.
Macro category
Developer & Designer Tools
Pricing friction
Low review signal
Complaint intensity
High review signal
Listing positioning
The product is positioned as a simple utility to enable cross-domain Ajax requests by adding the Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * rule to response headers. It emphasizes easy activation via a toggle button in the toolbar popup.
Inferred product pattern
Header-modification utility for development debugging.
Review-backed pain points
Users report the extension frequently fails to resolve CORS errors on localhost, breaks PATCH requests in professional environments like MS DevOps, and can disable core functionality on sites like YouTube.
Observed feature gaps
Lack of reliable support for localhost and file:// URLs, instability across different HTTP methods (specifically PATCH), and poor user experience regarding browser startup behavior.
- Web Developers
- Frontend Engineers
- API Testers
- Debugging cross-domain Ajax requests
- Bypassing CORS restrictions during local development
- Testing APIs without server-side header access
- Appreciation for whitelist functionality
- Failure to work on localhost or file protocols
- Broken PATCH requests
- Severe performance degradation/RAM usage
- Intrusive update tabs
- Interference with unrelated site functionality
- Performance complaints detected
- Privacy complaints detected
- No pricing friction observed as the tool appears to be free.
Support
Users express frustration over unfixed bugs and a lack of resolution for critical technical failures.
Reliability
Significant reports of the tool not working for its primary purpose on specific environments and causing collateral damage to other browser functions.
Privacy
One user raised a severe concern regarding potential illegal crypto-mining due to observed RAM usage of 6GB.
- Free usage observed
- No account requirement observed
- Free plan or free usage claimed
Store listing facts
- Screenshots: 3
- Videos: 1
- Languages: 1
- Developer contact
- Official website
- Version: 0.2.2
- Size: 86.41KiB
- Last updated:
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