# Gmail Persistent Sidebar

> Keeps email, chat and spaces sidebar always visible.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/gmail-persistent-sidebar](https://chrome-stats.com/d/gmail-persistent-sidebar)

## Overview

- **ID:** `gmail-persistent-sidebar`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** icetbr
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2023-02-07
- **First published:** 2023-02-02
- **Size:** 19 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/gmail-persistent-sidebar/)

## Description

Gmail Persistent Sidebar is a Firefox add-on that ensures the email, chat, and spaces sidebar is always visible. It eliminates the need to hover each panel to check for new messages by implementing a push model instead of a pull model.

## Rankings

- #104,858 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `mail.google.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: google.com
- 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/gmail-persistent-sidebar)