# Fraidycat

> Follow from afar. Follow blogs, wikis, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr - anyone on nearly any blog-like network - from your browser. No notifications, no unread messages, no 'inbox'. Just a single page overview of all your follows.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `fraidycat`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Kicks Condor
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 479
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 4.79 / 5 (38 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.10
- **Last updated:** 2021-05-29
- **First published:** 2019-11-08
- **Size:** 1.89 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fraidycat/)
- **Website:** [https://fraidyc.at/](https://fraidyc.at/)

## Description

Fraidycat is a browser extension designed to streamline how you follow content across multiple platforms, including blogs, wikis, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and others. Instead of overwhelming you with endless feeds or inbox notifications, Fraidycat presents a clean, single-page overview of your follows, focusing on who is active and highlighting recent updates. 

Unlike traditional social media aggregators that rely on algorithms, Fraidycat organizes content purely by recency, allowing you to tag and prioritize follows based on your preferences. This empowers you to tailor your personal network surveillance—whether you want real-time updates or occasional check-ins—without distractions or spam. Fraidycat dissolves the barriers between various networks, treating the entire web as your personal space to monitor the people and content you care about.

## Rankings

- #5,168 — Overall
- #294 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #24 — education
- #40 — catalog
- #45 — education
- #53 — category

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `http://*/`
- `https://*/`
- `https://m.facebook.com/*`
- `https://*.fbcdn.net/*`
- `https://www.instagram.com/*`
- `https://www.reddit.com/*`
- `https://pbs.twimg.com/*`
- `https://twitter.com/*`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

### Content script matches

- `fraidyc.at`
- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high 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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## Review summary

Fraidycat is praised for consolidating social media feeds into a simple, organized interface that enhances purposeful web browsing and helps avoid multiple platform sign-ups. Users appreciate its ability to revive traditional RSS feed utility. However, concerns arise over its dependency on an external web service for data storage and operation rather than local management, which impacts privacy perceptions. Additionally, some users report unexpected functionality disruptions without clear explanations.

### Pros

- Effectively aggregates feeds from various social platforms (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) into one simple, readable feed.
- Helps users follow friends, colleagues, and favorite personalities without needing to sign up for social media platforms like Twitter.
- Offers a clean, organized interface that supports deeper and more purposeful web engagement.
- Brings back some of the benefits of the old web through improved RSS feed organization and content tracking.

### Cons

- Dependency on an external domain (fraidyc.at) to function, which concerns privacy-conscious users.
- User data and settings are stored online on the add-on's website rather than locally, causing concern and surprise among users.
- Technical issues causing the add-on to stop working for some users without clear reason.

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