# Developer Excuses

> Get a brand new developer excuse for every new tab ! Excuses from www.developerexcuses.com.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `developer-excuses`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Louis Grasset
- **Category:** appearance,photos-music-videos,tabs
- **Daily users:** 18
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (10 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.2.5resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-09-17
- **Size:** 127 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/developer-excuses/)

## Description

Developer Excuses is a Firefox add-on that allows developers to get a brand new excuse for every new tab they open. With themes like Sun, Dream, and Grass, this add-on adds a touch of fun to the browsing experience. Excuses are sourced from developerexcuses.com, providing a wide variety of humorous and relatable excuses for developers.

## Rankings

- #25,654 — Overall
- #23 — developer
- #29 — developer tools
- #59 — development
- #140 — level

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `http://*.developerexcuses.com/`
- `storage`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Can alter new tab settings; fairly benign but with some capability to affect user experience.
- 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/developer-excuses)