# FireBlocks

> FireBlock is a simple addon that blocks sites based on regexes. There's not much else to say about it, really.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/fireblocks1](https://chrome-stats.com/d/fireblocks1)

## Overview

- **ID:** `fireblocks1`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Alexander Lyon
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 7
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.5
- **Last updated:** 2020-01-21
- **First published:** 2018-08-07
- **Size:** 15 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fireblocks1/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/arlyon/fireblocks](https://github.com/arlyon/fireblocks)

## Description

FireBlocks is a simple Firefox add-on that blocks sites based on regular expressions (regexes) to enhance focus and productivity.

## Rankings

- #37,720 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `storage`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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/fireblocks1)