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Charles - Chrome Extension Builder

Published June 2022
   •    Updated January 2026

Plugin details

Charles makes it easy to turn your Bubble app into a Chrome extension.
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Do you want to launch a Chrome extension but don’t know where to start? Don’t want to spend months learning how to build one from scratch?

Charles takes care of all the heavy lifting and lets you build Chrome extensions based on your Bubble app. Get started in minutes.


Common use cases
Here are some of the types of Chrome extensions we’ve seen customers build with Charles.

Bookmark manager
Save certain webpages to your Chrome extension and categorise them for easy access later

Summarise content with AI
Add a GPT to your Chrome extension and allow users to summarise content/webpages

Bubble component library
Save down components you’ve designed in a Bubble app and re-use them later

Browser automations
Automatically click on buttons, fill out forms and automate other browser interactions

These are only a few examples of what you can build with Charles.


Key features
• Display your Bubble app through a Chrome extension (as a popup, modal, or sidebar)
• Publish your extension to the Chrome Webstore
• Users can extract content from any website to use in Chrome extension actions
• Capture screenshots of the user’s screen
• Write data in Chrome’s local storage and read/delete/clear it
• Allow users to copy text from the website they’re on
• Populate input fields with user data
• Automate actions and fill out forms quickly
• Get info on the user’s active tab
• Open a URL in a new tab
• Add your own custom javascript and trigger it via an action or on page load


ℹ️ Documentation
If you’re looking to get up and running quickly, you can read our quickstart guide at the link below:

Quickstart guide

You can also read our detailed documentation - it explains everything you need to know about developing a Chrome extension with Charles:

Full documentation


Detailed video tutorials
Charles comes with a number of video tutorials.

The Ultimate Guide to Building Chrome Extensions with Bubble



Build a Component Library Chrome Extension



Build an AI Chrome Extension with Bubble in 10 Minutes



Build a Chat GPT Prompt Library Extension with Bubble in 10 Minutes



Create a Bookmark Manager Chrome Extension




Support
If you have any questions about how to use Charles, you can contact us at the link below:

https://www.cranfordtech.com/contact


Product updates
We release new features and tutorials for Charles pretty regularly. If you'd like to hear about these updates, you can sign up for our monthly newsletter at the link below:

https://www.cranfordtech.com/newsletter


Need help building your Bubble app?
You can hire us to build your app for you. Get in touch via the link below:

https://www.cranfordtech.com/hire-us


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$199

One time  •  Or  $19/mo

4.9 stars   •   13 ratings
389 installs  
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Contributor details

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Instructions

1) Download the source code for free at this link
2) Replace the demo app URL with a link to your own app in the source code

3) Enable iFrames in the Bubble app you are turning into a Chrome extension

4) Load the Chrome extension in Chrome

You can read our quickstart guide at the link below for more detail on getting started:

Quickstart guide

We also have extensive documentation available at this link.

Detailed setup video:



Important note: Please always ensure to use the newest version of the Bubble plugin. Otherwise, some features might not work correctly.

Data collection and tracking

We use PluginPulse to improve our plugin through analytics and performance tracking. You can read about which data is collected in their data tracking guide here - https://pluginpul.se/data-tracking-guide

Types

This plugin can be found under the following types:
Background Services   •   Element   •   Event   •   Action

Categories

This plugin can be found under the following categories:
Technical   •   Productivity   •   Web Scraping   •   Media   •   AI   •   Visual Elements

Resources

Support contact
Documentation
Tutorial

Rating and reviews

Average rating (4.9)

Great plugin & support
April 2nd, 2025
I built a chrome extension for an app a while ago and it was a real pain. Charles solves all this and makes it super easy. Great documentation and easy to use. When I had an issue the team was ready to jump in within a couple of hours.
Thanks Konrad! Glad Charles was useful and we were able to help with support. Best of luck with your extension.
April 2nd, 2025
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Cranford Tech
Very useful plugin,  great support!
June 27th, 2024
This really helped to add additional functionality to my bubble app. Support was amazing as they actually added additional functionality to the plugin based on my requirements. And in less than 48 hours too!
Great plugin
June 24th, 2024
the plugin works perfectly, has sufficient documentation and Damian is super helpful.
Great plugin with fantastic support!
March 5th, 2024
I highly recommend this plugin. It works well, is fast and is full of supporting documents.
Why is storage not working?
February 12th, 2024
Hey! The storage feature is up and running. If you have any issues with it please reach out directly - happy to help you get it sorted. (plugin author)
April 16th, 2024
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Original reviewer
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