Google Chrome - Alphanumeric hashes to identify extensions

Question

Google Chrome is using alpha numeric hashes as identifiers for the Chrome extensions. For eg. \"ajpgkpeckebdhofmmjfgcjjiiejpodla\" is the identifier for XMarks Bookmark Sync

Answer 1

I made crx_appid gem to calculate appid easily.

https://rubygems.org/gems/crx_appid

$ gem install crx_appid
$ crx_appid extension.pem