ColorfulTabs
By: Shivanand Sharma
The first addon you should be installing on a fresh Firefox install. A must have. The most beautiful yet the simplest add-on that makes a strong colorful appeal. Colors every tab in a different color.
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Features & Capabilities
User Growth & Download Statistics
Manifest V2 Add-on
- By:
- Shivanand Sharma
- Daily users:
- 10,067 -84
- Rating:
- 2.59 (502)
- Version:
- 34.8 Last updated: 2021-04-12
- Version code:
- 5214439
- Creation date:
- 2005-10-16
- Risk:
- High risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
- Permissions:
- contextMenus
- menus
- tabs
- theme
- storage
- <all_urls>
- contextMenus
- Size:
- 38.46KB
- Email:
- te*****@binaryturf.com
- URLs:
- Website
- Full description:
- See detailed description
- Source:
- Firefox Add-ons Store
- Data ingested on:
- 2026-06-19
- Compare stats and ranking:
- ColorfulTabs vs Colorful Tab Highlighter
- ColorfulTabs vs Colorful Firefox
- ColorfulTabs vs Colorful Contrasting
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User Reviews
Feedback is mixed. Many users report the add-on stops functioning or only colors the active tab, especially after updates. It frequently disrupts themes by forcing a light UI and altering the browser chrome, harming readability. Privacy concerns arise from the 'Access your data for all websites' permission, and some users note conflicts with other extensions. A few users still praise the concept or call it fantastic when it works. Pros
- Tab coloring is the core appealing feature and concept.
- When it worked, it offered colorized tabs across multi-window setups (multi-row views).
- Some users praised the add-on as fantastic.
Cons
- Often not working or becomes non-functional after updates.
- Forces a light theme and bright appearance, breaking dark themes and reducing readability.
- Alters the browser toolbar/URL bar color, causing visual disruption.
- Requests broad 'Access your data for all websites' permission, raising security concerns.
- Incompatibilities with other extensions (e.g., TreeStyle Tabs) and UI not matching screenshots.
Recent reviews
by yw*****, 2026-05-23
Best add-on ever. It's so essential.
Read Bug 1320585 on Bugzilla. OMG, why don't they implement tab colouring??? They even locked comments on that bug after they saw that so many people would love to have tab colours. Why do they hate users so much?
It's nice to have at least that current workaround with ColorfulTabs. I needed the original XUL addon so much, that I actually extended it to have C&P functionality.
IMO, tab colour should not be left to addon developers, but should be a HTML meta property like: <meta name="tab-color" value="{any CSS color}">. It belongs to the same place as favicons. It's weird that you can set a favicon in HTML, but not a background to it. The first one is totally normal – the second a sacrilege? This way it would be as easy as CSS to overide the tab colour with a user or extension set colour.
by Ma*****, 2026-05-04
by CJ*****, 2025-12-19
Is ColorfulTabs Safe?
Risk impact
Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.
ColorfulTabs requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood
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ColorfulTabs is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- Medium This extension has medium user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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