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Open Research Button

by PaperPanda · open-access-button.org · Education
Established publisherManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Open Research Button helps you download papers

Users
30K
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.4 / 5
+0.02 in 30 days
Ratings
59
+1 in 30 days
Store rank
#4,758
#4,115 among extensions
Version
2.3.0
updated 6 Aug 2026

Users

monthly, 12 months
015K30KOct 2025May 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 30,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 12 months
03059Oct 2025May 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 59 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 Open Research Button

Open Research Button helps you download the PDFs of the papers you need. One Button. Every Paper.™ Open Research Button finds free, legal versions of academic papers when paywalls get in the way. If the research exists open, the ORB will find it for you. When you view a scientific paper, ORB detects its DOI (Digital Object Identifier) and checks whether there is available legal open access version. Click the orange Open Research Button extension to download the PDF. Knowledge yearns to be free.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%00.00
30 days0+0.0%+1+0.02
6 months+10K+50.0%+23+0.08
1 year+30K+42757.1%+59+4.36

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Open Research Button appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
research#98−79

Version history

6 versions recorded
2.3.029 Jul 2026
2.2.229 Mar 2026
2.2.18 Jan 2026
2.22 Jan 2026
2.121 Dec 2025
2.0.24 Oct 2025

Details

Category
Education
First seen
4 Oct 2025
Size
76 KB
Languages
de, en, id, nl, vi, tr, es, fr
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
open-access-button.org
Support
open-access-button.org
Extension ID
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Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 3
Permissions
storageactiveTabscripting
Site access
https://*/*
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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