Is there a way to install chrome web store apps without signing in?

I find it slightly disconcerting that I had to create a fake gmail account just to install an app. Is there any way around this?

edit

The app is Postman. I tried going to the web store page for AdBlock, which is an extension and it didn't prompt me to sign in, so maybe this is just for apps?

Solution 1:

For Postman specifically, you can download a zip of the source code from: https://github.com/a85/POSTMan-Chrome-Extension

Once you have downloaded and uncompressed the files:

• Go to Chrome's menu and select Tools, then Extensions.
• Click Developer Mode on the Extensions page.
• Click Load unpacked extension...
• In the pop up file dialog, select the chrome folder from the files you downloaded.