# FreshRSS Peek

> Peek at your unread FreshRSS articles from the toolbar

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `freshrss-peek`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Mike Maurizi Jr
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging
- **Daily users:** 5
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.7
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-27
- **First published:** 2026-03-22
- **Size:** 51 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/freshrss-peek/)

## Description

FreshRSS Peek lets you check your unread articles from a FreshRSS instance directly in a toolbar popup — no need to open a new tab.

Features:
- Inline popup showing unread articles with expandable content
- Click article titles to open and automatically mark as read
- Toggle read/unread state per article
- Badge count showing unread articles
- Adapts to your Firefox light/dark theme
- Configurable auto-refresh interval
- Optional sidebar support

Requires a FreshRSS instance with the Google Reader API enabled.

## Rankings

- #44,975 — Overall
- #189 — refresh

## 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-peek)