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Look Busy

by Liberated Programmer · Just for Fun
FeaturedManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Fool people into thinking you're hard at work with this user-friendly extension!

Users
572
+2 in 30 days
Rating
3.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
4
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#41K
#34K among extensions
Version
1.0.3
updated 27 May 2024

Users

monthly, 3 years
30510990Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 572 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
024Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 4 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 Look Busy

Have you ever needed to be able to quickly escape a website you are on and convince others that you are busy working on something when you really aren't? If so, Look Busy is the extension for you! There are just a few simple steps: 1. Select the subject that you want to look like you are working on from the dropdown. 2. Click anywhere outside of the popup window to close it (your choice is automatically saved). 3. When you need to quickly escape a webpage, press your Escape key and you will be brought to a random webpage related to the subject that you chose*. 4. Later, if you would like to return to the webpage that you were on before you escaped, hold down your Shift key and press your Home key**. * Webpages will usually be a Stack Exchange related to the subject or a Stack Overflow if the subject is programming. On rare occasions you may be brought to the front page of Wikipedia (this only occurs if for some reason Look Busy cannot determine what subject you have selected). ** Some smaller keyboards do not have Home keys. A solution for this may be coming in a future update - stay tuned! ⚠ IMPORTANT ⚠ ============== Look Busy overrides the use of your escape key when active. There are many times when browsing the web when you would like to use your escape key for some other reason. In order to deactivate Look Busy, visit chrome://extensions/ and click the toggle on Look Busy to turn it on/off. To learn more about the extension and see the privacy policy, visit: https://liberated-programmer.github.io/look-busy.html

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+1+0.2%00.00
30 days+2+0.4%00.00
6 months−53−8.5%00.00
1 year−8−1.4%00.00

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Look Busy appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
programmer#22−16
reason#58−42

Version history

4 versions recorded
1.0.327 May 2024
1.0.231 Aug 2023
1.0.112 Dec 2022
1.0.013 Aug 2022

Details

Category
Just for Fun
First seen
13 Aug 2022
Size
30 KB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
liberated-programmer.github.io
Extension ID
glddhfhphankkmmpbmjebcmcigiekhio

Permissions and risk

Low riskimpact 1, likelihood 1
Permissions
storage

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