Blogs Are Back - Feed Fetcher

Name: Blogs Are Back - Feed Fetcher
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: BlogsAreBack

By: BlogsAreBack

Discover RSS feeds on any page, subscribe with one click, and get notified when your favorite blogs publish new posts.

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Features & Capabilities

Blogs Are Back is a companion extension for blogsareback.com that makes following blogs effortless.

Features

Feed Discovery — Automatically detects RSS/Atom feeds on every page on blogs you visit. Optional floating "follow" button can be enabled for easy additions to your feed collection.
Direct Fetching — Fetches feeds locally in your browser, bypassing CORS. No proxy server means your reading stays private.
Readable Extraction — Extracts clean article text using Mozilla's Readability library.

Two Modes

Basic Mode (default): Lightweight feed discovery. No background activity.

Featured Mode: Full experience with desktop notifications, badge counts for unread posts, and configurable background checking.

Privacy

Feeds fetched directly in your browser
Data stored locally
Never collects browsing history

The "Access all websites" permission is required solely to fetch feeds from any blog you follow.

View source code on GitHub

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

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Daily users:

Rating:

Version:

2.3.3 Last updated: 2026-03-17

Version code:

6184705

Creation date:

2025-12-16

Risk:

Permissions:

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Content scripts matches:

blogsareback.com
*.blogsareback.com
<all_urls>

Size:

833.67KB

Email:

ex*****@blogsareback.com

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-15

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 17,646 ▲ 339

Other rankings

#14 in blog keyword 7 #24 in feedback keyword 27 #181 in publish keyword 5 ▲ 3#187 in discover keyword 37 ▲ 3

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Blogs Are Back - Feed Fetcher (v2.3.3)

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Developed by:

BlogsAreBack

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/blogs-are-back/

Email:

ex*****@blogsareback.com

Website:

https://www.blogsareback.com/extension

Permission Change History

2026-03-17: Version 2.3.1 → 2.3.3

Add Permissions: unlimitedStorage

2026-02-16: Version 2.1.8 → 2.1.9

Add Permissions: scripting

Is Blogs Are Back - Feed Fetcher Safe?

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Blogs Are Back - Feed Fetcher requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Blogs Are Back - Feed Fetcher is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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