Description
From auto-fill forms, doing a repetitive task, taking a screenshot, to scraping data of the website, it's up to you what you want…
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Overall Rank
Extension Rank
"Automation" Keyword
"Web Scraping" Keyword
"Web" Keyword
"Store" Keyword
"Google Chrome" Keyword
"Google" Keyword
"Details" Keyword
"Data Scraping" Keyword
"Chrome Extension" Keyword
"Chrome" Keyword
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Review Summary
Users praise Automa as a powerful, free, and open-source automation tool that greatly enhances productivity and offers rich features for web task automation. However, multiple reviews report significant issues with Chrome compatibility, especially with newer versions requiring Manifest V3, causing the extension to be disabled or removed. Recent updates have introduced bugs affecting conditional logic and integration with Google Sheets, leading to frustrations among users who rely on stable automation scripts. Despite these problems, the extension remains valued for its design and learning potential.
Pros
- Great tool for automating web-based repetitive tasks, significantly boosting productivity.
- Free and open-source, making it accessible to many users.
- Powerful and versatile with a rich set of automation features suitable for experts.
- The interface and tools are well-designed and user-friendly for those experienced with such tools.
- Helpful for learning how to develop Chrome extensions.
Cons
- Extension has compatibility issues with recent Chrome versions, leading to it being disabled or removed.
- Lack of support for Manifest V3, which is required by newer Chrome policies.
- Automation scripts and conditions like if-else and loops not working properly after recent updates.
- Problems connecting to Google Sheets and other integrations after updates.
- Users experiencing crashes, errors in code blocks, and inability to use old scripts after upgrades.
Permissions
This extension can:
- tabs
- proxy
- alarms
- storage
- debugger
- activeTab
- offscreen
- webNavigation
- unlimitedStorage
- scripting
This extension can access:
- <all_urls>
Additional Information
1.29.9
March 29, 2025
2.45 MB
en
Developer Information
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