Badge Checker for Gmail™ Firefox

Badge Checker for Gmail™

By: Benthum
Shows badge notification for unread emails (supports multi-account)

Features & Capabilities

Badge Checker for Gmail™ is an addon that helps you quickly get badge notifications for all unread emails in your Gmail inbox.

This addon supports multi-account, in other words, if you are logged in to more than one Gmail account, all unread emails in all your accounts are summed up and shown in the badge icon. Moreover, the badge icon tooltip shows a detailed description (badge number break down). There is also an options page where you can adjust few settings including the total number of Gmail accounts that you have; time interval to check your Gmail account and your default Gmail account to open when clicking on the toolbar icon. Please note that this addon only shows unread emails for the "inbox" folder. Currently, it does not support labels.

Important note: Badge Checker for Gmail™ does NOT belong or relate to Google Inc at all. It is an unofficial extension that is developed and maintained independently by its author. Gmail™ is a registered trademark of Google Inc.

To report bugs, please fill the bug report form on the addon's homepage.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Manifest V3 Add-on
By:
Benthum
Daily users:
20 1
Rating:
5.00
(1)
Version:
0.1.6 Last updated: 2025-02-08
Version code:
5889260
Creation date:
2018-01-20
Risk:
Moderate risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:
Host permissions:
  • *://*.mail.google.com/*
Content scripts matches:
  • *.mail.google.com
Size:
36.56KB
Email:
je*****@yahoo.co.uk
URLs:
Website
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Firefox Add-ons Store
Data ingested on:
2026-07-11
Compare stats and ranking:

Contact the developer

Chrome-Stats does not own this Firefox add-on. Please use these information below to contact the Firefox add-on developer.
Developed by:
Benthum
Firefox Add-ons Store
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/badge-checker-for-gmail/
Email:
je*****@yahoo.co.uk
Website:
https://mybrowseraddon.com/badge-checker-for-gmail.html

Permission Change History

2025-02-08: Version 0.1.3 → 0.1.6
Add Host permissions: *://*.mail.google.com/*
Remove Permissions: *://mail.google.com/*

Is Badge Checker for Gmail™ Safe?

Risk impact
Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Badge Checker for Gmail™ requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Request access to the following domains: google.com
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Risk likelihood
Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Badge Checker for Gmail™ has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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