How to look at the Source-Code of any Roblox Website Extension (without downloading it)

I’m sure lots of you out there don’t trust Roblox extensions mostly because of the possibility of cookie-logging or other trust issues.

There are some extensions that are more trustable than others which tend to be the open-source ones like Roblox+ or BTRoblox.

But there are 2 way to see the source-code of ANY Roblox extension (or basically any extension on the Chrome Web Store).

If you want to find out if the closed-source Roblox extensions are trust-worthy, I recommend you follow this tutorial.

There are two methods provided in this tutorial.
The first method allows you to view the source code of an extension directly through the browser, like you could do in Github, without needing to download the extension.
The second method requires you download the extension to view the extension’s source code.

If you don’t want to download the extension in order to view the extension’s source code, I recommend you use Method 1 rather than Method 2.

I only put Method 2 if you’d rather view it in Note Pad or VS Code.

Note that both methods only works with Chrome Extensions but works on all devices

Method 1 - View the Source Code directly from the browser

We’re going to use the Ropro extension for this method.

Step 1

Go to the Chrome Webstore (Chrome Web Store).

You should see a page that looks like this:

I blurred out my email at the top right for obvious reasons. (You’ll only see “Games” on the sidebar if you’re on a Chromebook so don’t worry if you don’t see it).

Step 2

Go to the Search Bar on the Top Left of the Screen and search up the name of the extension you want to view the source code of.

You should see a page similar to this, but instead of Ropro you should see the extension you want to view the source code of:

Step 3

Select the extension that you want to view the source code of and copy the link of the page.

If you don’t see it on the page I showed in the previous step, click the button at the top right where it says “More Extensions” and scroll through the extensions until you see the one you want.

When you select the extension you want to view the source code of, you should see a page that looks like this, except instead of Ropro its the extension you selected:

Make sure you save the url of the extension somewhere. We’ll need it later.

Step 4

Go to this website:

CRX Viewer

You should see a page that looks like this:

Step 5

Paste the Extension’s Url that you copied earlier in Step 3 into the search bar near the top like so:

Step 6

After pasting the link, click the button right below the bar where you pasted the link that says “Open in this viewer”

After doing so, you should see the page load into something that looks similar to this:

And that’s it!

You can now view code in each file by clicking them on the side bar.

Method 2 - View by Downloading the Extension

Step 1

Go to the website https://chrome-stats.com

You should be greeted with this page:

Step 2

In the search bar you see at the top of the page of the website, search up the Roblox extension that you want to view the source-code of. In this tutorial, I will be using RoPro as an example.

You should be greeted with a page like this, but instead of RoPro it would be the Roblox Extension you searched up:

Step 3

Click the blue button under the Extension icon where it says Download.

Note: Do not click the Source Code Button because it will take you to a limited demo.

After clicking download, you should be greeted with a page like this:

Now here is where you can download the source code.

To download the latest version of the source code, click the blue button near the top left hand corner labeled as “Download ZIP file”. You should see a zip file download onto your computer.

And that’s it! Once its downloaded, unzip the file you downloaded and open it. You should see all the source code there!

I hope this helped you. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to let me know in the thread. :slight_smile:

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And In Case you’re wondering, this method could basically be used for any extension on the Chrome Web Store. I edited my post to clarify that, but I mostly made this for the people who have trust issues with Roblox extensions.

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mind changing the name to “How to look at the Source-Code of any Roblox WEBSITE Extension” cause some people (like me) may get it confused by roblox studio plugins. Also I dont think many people would like to view google extension source code in roblox.

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Will do. Thanks for the suggestion.

Edit: Done.

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I stated in my post why most people would want to see the source code for Roblox Extensions. It starts at the very first sentence.

If you trust all Roblox extensions and don’t fine this useful, then don’t follow this tutorial I guess.

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I just realized that I was being dumb because I didn’t think that some people would be uncomfortable with downloading the extension in order to view the source code, but I managed to figure out a way to view the source code without downloading the extension’s source code.

I just added a method that allows you to view the source code of an extension without needing to download it by just viewing it through the browser like you would do on GitHub.

Method 1 lets you view the source code without downloading the extension. :wink:

Method 2 lets you view the source code with downloading the extension.

I hope this helps :slight_smile:

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