# FreshRSS Checker

> Shows unread count for FreshRSS

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `freshrss-checker`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Brawl
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,alerts-updates
- **Daily users:** 57
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.1.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-29
- **First published:** 2019-02-11
- **Size:** 37 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/freshrss-checker/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Brawl345/FreshRSS-Checker](https://github.com/Brawl345/FreshRSS-Checker)

## Description

FreshRSS Checker is a Firefox add-on that tracks unread items in a FreshRSS instance and displays a badge showing the number of unread articles.

## Rankings

- #15,103 — Overall
- #59 — checker
- #124 — refresh
- #158 — french

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `alarms`
- `contextMenus`
- `storage`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- 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/freshrss-checker)