# Default Zoom

> Set default zoom level for Firefox.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `default-zoom`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jamie Nguyen
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 1,160
- **Weekly downloads:** 10
- **Rating:** 4.72 / 5 (65 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.3
- **Last updated:** 2020-05-12
- **First published:** 2019-01-03
- **Size:** 11 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/default-zoom/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/jamielinux/default-zoom/issues](https://github.com/jamielinux/default-zoom/issues)

## Description

**Default Zoom** is a minimalist Firefox extension designed to set your preferred default zoom level across web pages, enhancing readability especially on QHD or HiDPI monitors. Unlike bulkier zoom add-ons, it’s incredibly lightweight, with just 30 lines of JavaScript, ensuring minimal performance impact.

The extension respects per-site zoom preferences with one exception: it overrides the default 100% zoom on page reload due to API limitations, ensuring your chosen zoom is always applied without storing extensive per-site data. It requires no special permissions other than storing a single setting, making it privacy-friendly. Being fully open source, users can view or modify the source on GitHub. If simplicity and minimalism are your priorities, Default Zoom offers a clean, effective solution for zoom management in Firefox.

## Rankings

- #3,032 — Overall
- #11 — zoom
- #16 — defi
- #26 — level
- #49 — room
- #61 — default search

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

The Default Zoom add-on is a small, easy-to-use tool that reliably fixes a default zoom level with minimal fuss and no data permissions. It is praised for its simplicity and effectiveness. However, several reviews note that Firefox already provides zoom settings, making the extension seem redundant or obsolete in some situations. Memory behavior for per-site zoom is inconsistent across users, leading to mixed opinions on its ongoing value.

### Pros

- Reliable default zoom control that works as intended across Firefox versions.
- Lightweight and minimal with no permissions required.
- Simple, single-purpose extension that does exactly what it claims.

### Cons

- Redundant with Firefox's built-in default zoom and per-site zoom features for many users.
- Inconsistent per-site zoom memory across sites or restarts depending on version.
- Some users feel the addon is unnecessary given Firefox settings.

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