Grayscale Browsing

Name: Grayscale Browsing
Rating: 4.3333 (12 reviews)
Author: Martin C

By: Martin C

Toggle grayscale on the active tab for the ultimate reading experience

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Features & Capabilities

Grayscale Browsing is a lightweight Chrome extension designed to improve your reading experience by toggling grayscale mode on your active tab. By reducing colors and visual distractions, it helps you focus better on the content, making it ideal for long reading sessions or those sensitive to bright colors. The extension is easy to use with a simple toggle, providing an instant grayscale effect for any webpage you visit. Its icon is sourced from the free retina icon set, ensuring a clean and modern look. Whether you're reading articles, research papers, or lengthy documents online, Grayscale Browsing offers an effective way to enhance comfort and focus.

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Version:

1.3resigned1 Last updated: 2024-04-25

Version code:

5730464

Creation date:

2018-02-26

Risk:

Permissions:

tabs

Content scripts matches:

<all_urls>

Size:

11.90KB

Email:

ma*****@mcarolan.net

URLs:

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Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-17

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Ranking

# 6,766 ▲ 16

Other rankings

#1 in pdf grayscale keyword 9

#10 in browsing keyword 48

#165 in grow keyword 9 ▼ 1

#169 in scan keyword 22 ▼ 4

#206 in activity keyword 24 ▼ 2

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Developed by:

Martin C

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/grayscale-browsing/

Email:

ma*****@mcarolan.net

Website:

https://mcarolan.net

User Reviews

Thanks for the effort. Unfortunately some sites with long vertical scrolling and this extension enabled, will run into problems with images being misaligned for images opened via "open image in new tab" or completely offscreen for images that pop-up upon clicking on them.

by ma*****, 2025-12-02

非常に良いです。高速。色彩設計されていない目に痛いサイトを見ることができます。でも、一部レイアウトが崩れるサイトがあります。例： https://kotobank.jp/word/晴れ-1578634

by IW*****, 2024-06-09

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Is Grayscale Browsing Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Grayscale Browsing requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

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Grayscale Browsing has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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