# Claude

> Set Claude as default search, use omnibox keyword clau, ask from selected text, and optionally send claude.ai new-chat links to Google instead.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `claude-free`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Chloe for Claude
- **Category:** search-tools,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 2,714
- **Weekly downloads:** 1,696
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (8 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.3.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-30
- **First published:** 2026-07-17
- **Size:** 68 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/claude-free/)

## Description

Make Claude your default search provider when Firefox asks on install.

<strong>What you get</strong>
- Address-bar search opens Claude with your query
- Omnibox keyword <strong>clau</strong> for quick questions
- Right-click selection menus to ask or summarize
- Popup switch: when off, <code>claude.ai/new?q=...</code> URLs redirect to Google

Install once, then search and ask Claude from anywhere in the browser.

## Rankings

- #1,787 — Overall
- #199 — Social & Communication
- #210 — Search Tools
- #1 — claude
- #1 — claude ai
- #82 — summarization

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `declarativeNetRequest`
- `contextMenus`
- `tabs`
- `clipboardWrite`

### Host permissions

- `https://claude.ai/*`
- `*://*/*`

### Content script matches

- `claude.ai`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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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- [Community Claude AI Sidebar](https://chrome-stats.com/d/community-claude-ai-sidebar) — 1 users
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- [Claude Chinese Bridge](https://chrome-stats.com/d/claude-chinese-bridge)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/claude-free)