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Open in Colab Chrome Extension Analysis

Developer & Designer Tools

Chrome extension ID: iogfkhleblhcpcekbiedikdehleodpjo

A browser extension that enables users to quickly launch GitHub-hosted .ipynb files directly into Google Colab. It is designed to streamline the workflow for developers and data scientists interacting with remote notebooks.

Developer:colab-team
Version:1.2.1
Size:23.29KiB
Last updated:
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External:Chrome Web StoreOfficial website

Overview

Installs

100K+

Rating

★ 3.7

26 reviews

Languages

1 locales

Includes English

Market analysis

Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.

Backed by review samples

Macro category

Developer & Designer Tools

Pricing friction

Low review signal

Complaint intensity

Moderate review signal

Listing & review signals
Observed signals from store listing text and review samples.

Listing positioning

The extension is positioned as a simple, lightweight utility to bridge GitHub and Google Colab. It aims to provide a one-click solution for users to transition from viewing a Jupyter notebook on GitHub to executing it in the Colab environment.

Inferred product pattern

A specialized developer utility facing core reliability issues with page detection and recognition.

Review-backed pain points

Users frequently report that the extension fails to recognize GitHub-hosted notebooks, resulting in an error message stating the page is not recognized, or the extension simply does nothing when clicked.

Observed feature gaps

Users have requested support for GitHub Gists, the ability to automatically mount parent directories to include local utility files, and potential integration with Google Sheets.

Tags
GitHub NotebooksGoogle ColabJupyter IntegrationDeveloper Productivity
Target users

- Data Scientists

- Machine Learning Engineers

- Python Developers

- Researchers

Primary use cases

- Launching GitHub-hosted Jupyter notebooks in Google Colab

- Quickly executing remote code notebooks

Positive themes

- Successful workflow for correctly configured users

- Convenient tool for notebook execution

Negative themes

- Failure to recognize GitHub notebook pages

- Total functional failure/inactivity

- Slow performance

Observed friction

- Performance complaints detected

- No pricing friction observed as the tool appears to be free.

Evidence boundary: Data extracted from store description and user reviews highlighting functional errors and feature requests. The review sample is small and skewed towards negative functional feedback.
Complaint summaries
Review-backed complaint signals grouped by operational area.

Support

No specific support complaints, though users direct issues to GitHub.

Reliability

Significant reliability issues reported regarding the extension's ability to identify and trigger the Colab redirection on valid GitHub notebook pages.

Privacy

No privacy complaints observed.

Access & pricing

- Free usage observed

- No account requirement observed

- Free plan or free usage claimed

Store listing facts

Listing assets

- Screenshots: 1

- Videos: 0

- Languages: 1

Trust signals

- Privacy policy

- Developer contact

- Official website

- Support link

Store metadata

- Version: 1.2.1

- Size: 23.29KiB

- Last updated:

Listing SEO keywords

Search intent keywords
Keyword signals for evaluating how users may discover, compare, or search for this extension category.

Core discovery

open github notebook in colabgithub to colab extensionjupyter notebook github colabipynb github colab

Comparison

Google ColabGitHubJupyter Notebook

Problem

github notebook not recognizedcolab extension not workingopen in colab fails

Alternative

Google ColabJupyter LabGitHub Notebooks

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Screenshots

Open in Colab screenshot

Links

Website: github.com

Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Support links: https://github.com/googlecolab/open_in_colab/issues

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