7 Chrome Extensions That Actually Stay Installed on My Dev Machine

I tested 23 Chrome extensions for developers over the past few months and narrowed it down to seven that actually stayed installed. Full disclosure: I built JSON Formatter Pro as part of Zovo, a collection of 16 Chrome extensions I maintain. Take my perspective accordingly. These are the extensions I reach for daily, ranked by how much time they save me. 1. JSON Formatter Pro JSON Formatter Pro is my go-to for anything JSON-related in the browser. It auto-detects JSON content and formats it with collapsible tree views, syntax highlighting, and instant error detection. I regularly drill into nested objects 30 or 40 levels deep, and it handles files up to 100MB without choking. The search is what sold me. When you're staring at a 2,000-line API response trying to find one key, being able to search across the entire formatted tree saves real time. Dark mode is a nice touch for those late-night debugging sessions we all pretend we don't have. The main gap is inline editing. You can't modif