# CacheControl

> An extension to provide control over the caching of resources across various websites. It is an alternative to the tools provided in Firefox. You are in control of which websites are cached vs. not cached, and which resources.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `cachecontrol`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** braycarlson
- **Category:** web-development
- **Daily users:** 9
- **Rating:** 3.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2024-07-15
- **First published:** 2024-07-14
- **Size:** 407 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cachecontrol/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/braycarlson/cachecontrol](https://github.com/braycarlson/cachecontrol)

## Description

An extension to provide control over the caching of resources across various websites. It is an alternative to the tools provided in Firefox. You are in control of which websites are cached vs. not cached, and which resources (i.e., images, scripts, etc.) are to be cached.

## Rankings

- #34,711 — Overall
- #43 — cache
- #192 — self control
- #194 — control
- #199 — resource

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `storage`
- `https://*/*`
- `http://*/*`
- `http://localhost/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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/cachecontrol)