# BBO Helper

> Adds functionally to Bridge Base Online (BBO) website. Adds double dummy table, shows auction and play timing, cleanly copies boards to the clipboard, export boards as PBN, automates common alerts, provides more detailed travellers, and more.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `bbo-helper`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Matthew Kidd
- **Category:** games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 252
- **Weekly downloads:** 7
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (4 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.5.4
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-02
- **First published:** 2021-11-25
- **Size:** 2.27 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/bbo-helper/)
- **Website:** [https://lajollabridge.com/Software/BBO-Helper/](https://lajollabridge.com/Software/BBO-Helper/)

## Description

BBO Helper is a powerful Chrome extension designed to enhance the Bridge Base Online (BBO) platform. It integrates a double dummy table right into the interface, displays auction and play timing, and allows users to cleanly copy boards to the clipboard or export them in Portable Bridge Notation (PBN) format, including detailed session data.

Additional features include automating common alerts such as forcing notrump, improving chat functionality with automatic suit symbol substitutions and greeting reuse, and providing more comprehensive traveller displays with bidding, leads, frequency summaries, and player real names. With tools like session HTML exports and field strength estimation via ACBL masterpoints, BBO Helper offers bridge enthusiasts advanced utilities to enrich their online play and analysis experience.

## Rankings

- #7,304 — Overall
- #98 — travel
- #100 — variation
- #122 — board
- #167 — function
- #220 — details

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `storage`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `https://webutil.bridgebase.com/*`
- `https://dds.bridgewebs.com/bsol2/*`
- `https://dds.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bsol2/*`

### Content script matches

- `www.bridgebase.com`
- `webutil.bridgebase.com`
- `www.ebu.co.uk`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate 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/bbo-helper)