Enabling ungoogled-chromium to Add Chrome Extensions From Chrome Web Store

ungoogled-chromium

diary

Author

Guest_1013

Published

2026-06-13

Problem

I was trying to add an extension from the official chrome web store on my ungoogled-chromium, but it says I have to download chrome. Hell nah!

Figure 1: HELL NAH

Solution

Fortunately it’s possible to directly add an extension from offline .crx files. Go to this setting page, select “Always Prompt for Install” to enable this feature.

Then I found this extension, which, upon installing and turning on, enabled installing extensions from the store.

---
title: "Enabling ungoogled-chromium to Add Chrome Extensions From Chrome Web Store"
author: "Guest_1013"
date: 2026-06-13
categories: ["ungoogled-chromium", "diary"]
---

# Problem

I was trying to add an extension from the official chrome web store on my `ungoogled-chromium`, but it says I have to download `chrome`. Hell nah!

![HELL NAH](/images/blogs/20260613/hell-nah.jpg){#fig-hell-nah}

# Solution

Fortunately it's possible to directly add an extension from offline `.crx` files.
Go to [this setting page](chrome://flags/#extension-mime-request-handling), select "Always Prompt for Install" to enable this feature.

Then I found [this extension](https://github.com/NeverDecaf/chromium-web-stores), which, upon installing and turning on, enabled installing extensions from the store.