# ClaudeCodeBrowser

> ClaudeCodeBrowser enables AI-powered browser automation through the Claude Code CLI. It allows Claude to interact with web pages by taking screenshots, clicking elements, typing text, scrolling, and navigating - all controlled via a local MCP server.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `claudecodebrowser`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** nanogenomic
- **Category:** web-development,tabs
- **Daily users:** 1,794
- **Weekly downloads:** 278
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-16
- **First published:** 2025-12-13
- **Size:** 31 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/claudecodebrowser/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/nanogenomic/ClaudeCodeBrowser](https://github.com/nanogenomic/ClaudeCodeBrowser)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/claudecodebrowser/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/claudecodebrowser/privacy/)

## Description

ClaudeCodeBrowser enables AI-powered browser automation through Claude Code. It allows AI assistants to interact with web pages by taking screenshots, clicking elements, typing text, scrolling, and managing tabs.

Features:
  • Screenshot capture (viewport or full page)
  • Click elements by coordinates or CSS selector
  • Type text into input fields
  • Scroll and navigate pages
  • Tab management (list, switch, create, close)

Requires the native messaging host to be installed. See the project repository for setup instructions.

GitHub: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/05b10d13a910e15ba687f947445e1e1aff6f847f815af611695429dbf363c398/https%3A//github.com/nanogenomic/ClaudeCodeBrowser" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/nanogenomic/ClaudeCodeBrowser</a>

The native messaging host is in the above repo at /native-host/:
  - <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/bde1d0845bbbd25a46ddc55377fd338096982a8ee7f0ffb8c2b1e1088c517dcd/http%3A//claudecodebrowser_host.py" rel="nofollow">claudecodebrowser_host.py</a> - Python native messaging host
  - claudecodebrowser.json - native messaging manifest

## Rankings

- #2,328 — Overall
- #203 — Tabs
- #252 — Web Development
- #13 — claude ai
- #14 — claude
- #20 — chrome browser

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `nativeMessaging`
- `storage`
- `<all_urls>`
- `webNavigation`
- `contextMenus`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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/claudecodebrowser)