# AdSidebar

> Live in harmony with ads. AdSidebar is an alternative to traditional ad blocker extensions that benefits both the user and content creators. Ads are displayed in a sidebar on the right side of the screen.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/adsidebar](https://chrome-stats.com/d/adsidebar)

## Overview

- **ID:** `adsidebar`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Paul Shaw
- **Category:** appearance,other
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Rating:** 2.00 / 5 (5 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.6.0.3resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2016-06-16
- **Size:** 694 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/adsidebar/)
- **Website:** [http://www.adsidebar.com](http://www.adsidebar.com/)

## Description

AdSidebar is an alternative to traditional ad blocker extensions. Ads are displayed in a controllable sidebar on the right hand side of the screen. It benefits both the user and content creators and helps distinguish between actual content and deceptive ads.

## Rankings

- #59,418 — Overall
- #103 — benefit
- #190 — uninstall
- #208 — deepseek sidebar
- #232 — sidebar

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `<all_urls>`
- `contextMenus`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `webNavigation`
- `storage`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `notifications`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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 support email may not be valid

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