# BetterXML

> Powerful XML viewer for Firefox

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `betterxml`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** eliasbenb
- **Category:** web-development
- **Daily users:** 136
- **Weekly downloads:** 6
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-03-17
- **First published:** 2025-03-16
- **Size:** 47 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/betterxml/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/eliasbenb/BetterXML/issues](https://github.com/eliasbenb/BetterXML/issues)

## Description

BetterXML is a Firefox add-on to improve the built-in XML viewer.

Current features
<ul><li><strong>Collapsable elements</strong>: Alt+click to expand/collapse all descendant elements</li><li><strong>Outline</strong> for better document overview</li><li><strong>Search by name or XPath</strong>. By default uses simple search mode which looks for a partial match in element's or attribute's name; use special symbols like '/' or '[' to search by XPath</li><li><strong>Quick XPath mode</strong>: hold down Command (Mac) or Ctrl (PC) key while moving mouse cursor over element's or attribute's name to enter Quick XPath mode. Use Shift key to cycle through available XPath variants and then drag'n'drop element under cursor into text editor.<em>Google Chrome users: click on element will copy XPath to clipboard</em></li><li><strong>Dark theme</strong> for users with dark mode enabled on their operating system</li></ul>

## Rankings

- #10,043 — Overall
- #113 — beta
- #143 — cursor
- #143 — cursors
- #248 — expand

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `storage`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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/betterxml)