# Gibiru for FireFox

> This add-on sets gibiru.com as your default search engine.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `gibiru`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gibiru Dev
- **Category:** privacy-security,search-tools
- **Daily users:** 1,399
- **Weekly downloads:** 27
- **Rating:** 3.77 / 5 (13 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.4
- **Last updated:** 2019-06-13
- **First published:** 2019-03-18
- **Size:** 191 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/gibiru/)
- **Website:** [https://gibiru.com/](https://gibiru.com/)

## Description

Gibiru for Firefox is a privacy-centric Chrome extension that sets gibiru.com as your default search engine. Designed to help users maintain anonymity online, Gibiru offers uncensored and private search results, protecting your data from trackers and ensuring your searches remain confidential. With this add-on, Firefox users can seamlessly switch to a search engine that values user privacy and freedom of information without compromise.

## Rankings

- #2,775 — Overall
- #325 — Search Tools
- #45 — firefox
- #66 — foe
- #152 — settings
- #167 — engine

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `activeTab`
- `https://*.gibiru.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.gibiru.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Can change search providers, which could redirect searches to malicious sites, posing moderate risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

### Pros

- Better privacy compared to traditional search engines.
- Good alternative to mainstream search engines.
- Curation of content that is supposedly less biased.

### Cons

- Frequent connectivity issues resulting in errors.
- Not working or returning blank searches.
- Interference with VPN connections.
- Changes the home page and locks it until disabled.

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