# Docs Viewer

> Easily view PDF and MS Office documents in your browser.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `document-viewer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Muyor
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 668
- **Weekly downloads:** 16
- **Rating:** 2.64 / 5 (11 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.4
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-25
- **First published:** 2018-04-18
- **Size:** 25 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/document-viewer/)
- **Website:** [https://mybrowseraddon.com/docs-viewer.html](https://mybrowseraddon.com/docs-viewer.html)

## Description

**Docs Viewer** is a lightweight Chrome extension that lets you effortlessly open and view a wide variety of online documents right in your browser. Supported file formats include PDFs, Word documents (.doc, .docx), PowerPoint presentations (.ppt), and more. Simply add the extension to your browser, right-click on any document link, select "View Document" from the context menu, and the document will open in a new tab using Google's GView rendering technology.

This extension enhances your browsing experience by enabling quick access to important documents without downloading them first. It also allows you to print documents directly or save them as PDFs. For feature requests or to report bugs, visit the [Docs Viewer homepage](https://mybrowseraddon.com/docs-viewer.html).

## Rankings

- #4,252 — Overall
- #234 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #14 — viewer
- #31 — documentation
- #56 — document
- #71 — dogs

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `contextMenus`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

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

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## Review summary

Users report that the Docs Viewer add-on mostly fails to function as expected. It does not display documents directly but merely creates links to Google Docs. Additionally, it causes multiple downloads of PDF files, which is inconvenient and potentially harmful. Several users consider it ineffective or even label it as harmful software.

### Cons

- Does not work as intended.
- Only creates a link to open the file via Google Docs instead of viewing directly.
- Triggers multiple unwanted downloads of the PDF file.

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