# Basic / Bearer Auth Header

> Build HTTP Authorization headers: turn a username and password into a Basic header, wrap a token into a Bearer header, and decode existing headers back to their parts. UTF-8 aware, offline.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/basic-bearer-auth-header](https://chrome-stats.com/d/basic-bearer-auth-header)

## Overview

- **ID:** `basic-bearer-auth-header`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Mishka Falu
- **Category:** web-development,privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 5.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-01
- **First published:** 2026-06-28
- **Size:** 34 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/basic-bearer-auth-header/)

## Rankings

- #106,840 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- 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/basic-bearer-auth-header)