# Backboard.io Sidebar

> Chat with a Backboard.io assistant that can see the current web page.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/backboard-io-sidebar](https://chrome-stats.com/d/backboard-io-sidebar)

## Overview

- **ID:** `backboard-io-sidebar`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** chris@Backboard.io
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-06
- **First published:** 2026-03-03
- **Size:** 22 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/backboard-io-sidebar/)
- **Website:** [https://backboard.io](https://backboard.io/)

## Description

A Firefox sidebar extension that gives you a persistent <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/a786775f87752d698bace46f4d9c2048165b5aa8ac3817b56b79eb16ccce43b4/https%3A//backboard.io" rel="nofollow">Backboard.io</a> assistant that can <strong>see</strong> the current web page (URL, title, and main text). One API key, no backend—conversation state lives in Backboard.

## Rankings

- #134,836 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High 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/backboard-io-sidebar)