# GIF Playback Tools

> Play, pause, scrub, and frame-step through GIFs in Firefox

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/gif-playback-tools](https://chrome-stats.com/d/gif-playback-tools)

## Overview

- **ID:** `gif-playback-tools`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Benjin
- **Category:** photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 9
- **Version:** 0.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-18
- **First published:** 2026-02-15
- **Size:** 39 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/gif-playback-tools/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Benjin/gifscrubber-firefox](https://github.com/Benjin/gifscrubber-firefox)

## Description

This extension allows you to pause gifs, as well as moving forward and backward frame-by-frame, scrub to a specific frame, controlling playback speed, and change the looping behavior.

## Rankings

- #35,194 — Overall
- #31 — gif
- #155 — pause
- #237 — tools

## Permissions and access

### Host permissions

- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`
- `file:///*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`
- ``

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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/gif-playback-tools)