Blue Dot Replacement is a free Chrome add-on developed by will.groenendyk. It falls under the category of Browsers and is specifically categorized as an Add-ons & Tools subcategory. This add-on aims to bring back the useful feature of displaying a dot next to the icon of recently updated tabs, which was removed from older versions of Chrome.

The main purpose of Blue Dot Replacement is to show a flashing alert icon when the title of an unfocused tab changes. This feature was highly valued by users of web applications like Slack and Mattermost. The add-on is open-source and MIT licensed, allowing users to view and contribute to its development on Github.

In the latest versionreleased on), a privacy policy has been added, thanks to the suggestion of Github user Additionally, versionreleased onintroduced an option to disable the flashing icon for users who find it distracting, thanks to the implementation by Github user