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Textra

by Hossam A. Mourad · Tools
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 17 Oct 2026

The missing file explorer for .txt files inside your browser.

Users
3
+3 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
0
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#322K
#256K among extensions
Version
1.0.0
updated 15 Sep 2026

Users

monthly, 1 months
024Sep 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 17 Oct 2026: 3 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 1 months
001Sep 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 17 Oct 2026: 0 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Textra

Textra gives you a fast, distraction-free workspace to create, organize, search, and edit plain text (.txt) files directly in your browser without switching between heavy external apps. Whether you are drafting quick snippets, managing project logs, organizing documentation, or writing distraction-free content, Textra provides a browser-native file tree explorer and an ultra-responsive editor with zero lag and zero bloat. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ KEY FEATURES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📁 Complete File Tree Explorer • Create, rename, duplicate, delete, and organize files in nested folders. • Multi-file selection with bulk actions (bulk delete, download, or export). • Drag-and-drop support to move files and folders effortlessly across your tree. • Pin essential files to the top for immediate one-click access. ⚡ Ultra-Fast Search & Filtering • Instant global search across all file names and content. • Filter and sort by name, date modified, size, or custom tags. • Keyboard-friendly navigation designed for speed and productivity. 💾 Dual Storage Architecture • Browser Local Storage: Keep your workspace entirely contained inside the browser. • Local Disk Sync (Native Bridge & File System Access): Open, read, and edit .txt files directly from your computer's hard drive in real time. • Full offline capability: Work anywhere, anytime, without an active internet connection. ✍️ Clean, Distraction-Free Workspace • Minimalist interface designed to keep you focused on your writing. • Live word count, character count, and reading time metrics. • Read-only preview toggle to safeguard critical files against accidental edits. • Full dark mode and light mode with polished glassmorphic aesthetics. 🔒 100% Private & Secure • Zero telemetry, zero third-party trackers, zero data selling. • Your files and workspace data remain 100% local on your machine. • No account registration or cloud login required. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ PERMISSIONS & PRIVACY TRANSPARENCY ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Textra operates strictly under the principle of minimal permissions: • storage & unlimitedStorage: Used solely to save your files, folder structures, and UI preferences locally in your browser. • nativeMessaging: Used optionally to connect with the companion desktop bridge when you choose to edit files directly on your local computer disk. Learn more and explore the full documentation at https://textra.cc Privacy Policy: https://textra.cc/privacy Support & Feedback: https://textra.cc/#support

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days−1−25.0%00.00
30 days+3–00.00

Version history

1 versions recorded
1.0.015 Sep 2026

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
15 Sep 2026
Size
290 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
textra.cc
Support
textra.cc
Extension ID
lbnkikgnmbjhpfgfmbgeohlcjhaaigke

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 1, likelihood 3
Permissions
storageunlimitedStoragenativeMessaging

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