# Feed Shaper

> Feed Shaper is a feed reader that supports RSS and Atom formats. Optimized for headlines, it suits for previewing the latest information.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `feed-shaper`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** JM
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,appearance
- **Daily users:** 91
- **Rating:** 4.25 / 5 (4 ratings)
- **Version:** 39.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-19
- **First published:** 2021-08-24
- **Size:** 72 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/feed-shaper/)

## Description

Feed Shaper is a lightweight Chrome extension that reads RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, and Atom feeds, delivering headline-focused previews. It offers customizable date/time formats, relative time, adjustable document direction, and an alternative CSS theme for easy reading.

Additional features include a collector and an extended detector to surface new items, plus a dark mode for comfortable reading in any environment.

## Rankings

- #12,089 — Overall
- #3 — shape
- #157 — optimize
- #245 — format

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`
- `menus`
- `scripting`
- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

### Host permissions

- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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/feed-shaper)