# Active Tab Highlighter

> Hebt den aktiven Tab farblich hervor und macht ihn sofort erkennbar. Farbe per Rechtsklick auf den Tab wählbar. Leicht, schnell und ohne das Firefox‑Theme zu verändern.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/active-tab-highlighter](https://chrome-stats.com/d/active-tab-highlighter)

## Overview

- **ID:** `active-tab-highlighter`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Meutzi
- **Category:** appearance,alerts-updates,tabs
- **Daily users:** 20
- **Weekly downloads:** 6
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-09
- **First published:** 2026-02-06
- **Size:** 1.05 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/active-tab-highlighter/)

## Description

Active Tab Highlighter markiert den aktiven Tab mit einer frei wählbaren Farbe. Ändere die Tab‑Farbe direkt per Rechtsklick. Keine Datensammlung, keine Theme‑Änderung, einfach klarer Überblick beim Arbeiten.

## Rankings

- #24,558 — Overall
- #69 — highlighter

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `theme`
- `storage`
- `contextMenus`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/active-tab-highlighter)