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Lightweight Blocker

by Gergely Simon · Workflow & Planning
FeaturedManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 18 Oct 2026

A lightweight and secure site blocker, which respects your privacy.

Users
35
+4 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
2
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#125K
#104K among extensions
Version
1.4.0
updated 21 Oct 2025

Users

monthly, 3 years
01835Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 35 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
012Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 2 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Lightweight Blocker

A minimalist, lightweight site blocker extension for Google Chrome, with privacy and security in mind, for productivity. - minimalist: the UI and the feature set are extremely basic. The blocker needs to do one thing and do it well: blocking unwanted pages. - lightweight: the extension must be extremely fast, ensuring no noticeable delay when loading pages. - private: the extension doesn't collect any data. - secure: there should be no security holes and security issues with the application. To ensure these quadruple attributes, we avoid using any third-party libraries and prioritize simplicity and effectiveness in every aspect. In that way, we can ensure that the extension doesn't have security holes or doesn't collect any private data. The whole extension is open source, under MIT license, at: https://github.com/SiGe11/Lightweight-Blocker-Extension --- How to use? You can configure which pages to block from the Options menu (accessed by right-clicking the extension's icon). You can list the pages to be blocked in the text area. These can be separated with spaces, commas or semicolons. The blocker distinguishes between subdomains. You should specify all subdomains, even 'www'. By default, the blocker is inactive. You can activate it by left-clicking on the icon of the extension and clicking on the extension's current status. --- FAQ Why do I see the loaded page for some seconds before it is blocked? To ensure the speed the extension checks the pages for blocking asynchronously. This way it has a quasi-zero impact on pages where that should be blocked. --- Changelog https://github.com/SiGe11/Lightweight-Blocker-Extension/releases

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+4+12.9%00.00
30 days+4+12.9%00.00
6 months+3+9.4%00.00
1 year+5+16.7%00.00

Version history

8 versions recorded
1.4.021 Oct 2025
1.3.014 Mar 2025
1.2.04 Mar 2024
1.1.018 Dec 2023
1.0.36 Jul 2022
1.0.227 Jun 2022
1.0.123 Jun 2022
1.021 Jun 2022

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
21 Jun 2022
Size
14 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
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Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 2, likelihood 0
Permissions
storagetabs

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