Growth signalNo paid features detectedHigh-risk permissions

FileWave Inventory

Reports device information from enterprise-enrolled Chromebooks to FileWave inventory

Users40KCurrent public install base

Rating3.0Store average score

Reviews4Public review volume

Manifest versionV3Extension platform version

7-day growth+10KNet users gained this week

7-day growth rate+33.3%Relative weekly velocity

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Latest

3.00

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2026年7月19日2026年7月25日

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7-day growthGrowing

+10K+33.3%

30-day growthDeclining

-20K-33.3%

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Version2025.01.22

ManifestV3

Size199KiB

Languages1English (United States)

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Overview

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The FileWave Inventory Client for Chrome OS reports device information from enterprise-enrolled Chromebooks to FileWave Inventory. FileWave administrators can then easily build simple or detailed custom queries within the FileWave Management Suite based on hardware and/or software information, such as the operating system, model, serial number, MAC address and much more.

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Store average score3.0Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text

Synced text average3.7Average computed only from synced review bodies below

Reviews with text3Synced review bodies

Total ratings / reviews4Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

Store average score: 3.0. The bars below are calculated from synced review text only, so they may be empty for extensions that have public ratings but no synced comments yet.

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Joshua Levitsky2025年6月26日

I noticed that the only reviews were a bit vague on detail with either 1 start or 5 but none of them seemed real. The most important thing to know about this extension is it requires www.filewave.com to use it. This is a UEM system that can manage Apple, Microsoft, and Google (Android and ChromeOS) devices and this particular extension is for ChromeOS management. It wouldn't make sense to install this without having FileWave managing your devices as you'd not be able to do anything with it. Hope this helps.

Charles Benton2023年12月18日

This is the best Extension so far on the webstore

Joey Gus2019年4月25日

This is the worst app ever

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AI product read

Enterprise device inventory agent for Chromebooks that collects and reports device hardware/software information to a FileWave Inventory server

Enables IT administrators managing Chromebook fleets to automatically collect device attributes (serial number, MAC address, model, OS version, hardware specs) and track devices including geolocation for missing devices

Extension is deployed to enterprise-enrolled Chromebooks via Google Admin Console → configured with FileWave Inventory server address and shared key through managed storage policy → collects device attributes using Chrome enterprise APIs → reports inventory data to FileWave server at admin-configured intervals → admins query inventory data in FileWave Management Suite for asset management and compliance

Target users: Enterprise IT administrators managing Chromebook device fleets / FileWave MDM administrators

background.js is heavily minified (169KB), making it difficult to trace specific data collection and transmission logic
Cannot fully verify what specific device attributes are collected beyond those visible in the popup and manifest permissions
The actual FileWave Inventory server protocol and data format are not fully inspectable due to minification

Monetization

No paid features detected

No payment UI, subscription flows, premium feature gating, or billing APIs found in the extension source code. All 'license' keyword matches are from open-source license files (MIT, Apache 2.0 in background.js.LICENSE.txt). No Stripe, payment processor, or upgrade prompts detected. The extension is a free enterprise inventory agent; FileWave Management Suite is a separate commercial product that requires its own licensing, but the extension itself does not gate features behind payment.

Confidence: 90
Payment platform: --
Source: AI / High
Login required: No
Reason: The extension has no login UI or authentication flow. It uses chrome.identity.getProfileUserInfo() (popup.js line 2) to passively read the current user's email from the Chrome profile for reporting purposes, not for authentication. Configuration is pushed by IT admins via Google Admin Console using managed storage (schema.json). The InventorySharedKey is a server-side shared key configured by administrators, not a user login credential. The extension requires enterprise enrollment of the Chromebook device, but that is a device provisioning requirement, not a user login requirement.

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High-risk permissions

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敏感权限：contentSettings、management
扩展能力较强：history
同时具备浏览数据与站点访问能力

Publisher

FileWave (Europe) GmbH

Vasily Suvorov

Email: [email protected]
Phone: --
Address: St Gallen Strasse 1 Wil 9500 CH

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