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Budget Scaler

by Luke · Tools
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Rescales government spending into your household budget scale.

Users
3
−1 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
0
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#330K
#259K among extensions
Version
1.0
updated 14 May 2026

Users

monthly, 5 months
024May 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 3 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 5 months
001May 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 0 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Budget Scaler

When you read that Congress just approved $800 billion in spending, does that number mean anything to you? Probably not. Budget Scaler fixes that. Enter your annual household income once, and Budget Scaler automatically rescales any government dollar figure on any webpage into what it would look like at your scale. $800 billion becomes $9,924 — the equivalent amount from your own budget. FEATURES ▸ Whole-page conversion — click the toolbar button or press Alt+Shift+B to rescale every dollar figure on the page at once. ▸ Selection mode — highlight any text, right-click, and choose "Scale to my budget" to convert just that passage. ▸ Hover to compare — scaled values are highlighted in green. Hover over any one to instantly see the original government figure. ▸ Live preview — the popup shows you a real-time preview of the scale before you apply it, so you always know what you're working with. ▸ Your income, your scale — set any household income. The ratio updates instantly across every conversion. HOW IT WORKS Budget Scaler divides your household income by the US federal budget to create a personal scaling ratio. Every government figure on the page is multiplied by that ratio, so the numbers finally feel real. PRIVACY Budget Scaler stores only your income figure, locally in Chrome's sync storage. It reads page text to find dollar amounts and does nothing else. No data is collected, transmitted, or shared.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%00.00
30 days−1−25.0%00.00

Version history

1 versions recorded
1.014 May 2026

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
14 May 2026
Size
134 KB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
gist.github.com
Extension ID
ogogemfphaamkbcfbjbalkmkdfobbenn

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 2
Permissions
storagecontextMenusscriptingactiveTab
Site access
https://api.fiscaldata.treasury.gov/*

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