# arxivist

> arxivist reorders pages on arXiv.org based on your preferences

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `arxivist`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Dan F-M
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 14
- **Version:** 0.2.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-09-22
- **First published:** 2019-01-24
- **Size:** 39 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/arxivist/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/dfm/arxivist](https://github.com/dfm/arxivist)

## Description

arxivist is a Firefox add-on that reorders the listings at arXiv.org based on your browsing history. It keeps track of the papers you have clicked on previously and moves similar papers to the top of the list. This makes it convenient to find the papers you want to read without changing your browsing habits.

## Rankings

- #28,908 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `arxiv.org`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- 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/arxivist)