# GreenBeam

> Greenbeam is a browser extension, forked from Mozilla Lightbeam, that shines a light on privacy and the sustainable web

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `greenbeam`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** eveahe
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 235
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 3.67 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.3.2
- **Last updated:** 2020-01-20
- **First published:** 2019-07-22
- **Size:** 694 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/greenbeam/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/eveahe/greenbeam](https://github.com/eveahe/greenbeam)

## Description

GreenBeam is a browser extension derived from Mozilla Lightbeam, designed to illuminate your online privacy and support sustainability. It tracks the websites you visit along with third-party services they utilize, indicating which are powered by renewable energy using data from the GreenWebFoundation.

With rising IT-related emissions, GreenBeam emphasizes the importance of shifting data centers and websites towards renewable energy. This helps users make informed decisions about their web usage, promoting a greener internet and enhanced privacy awareness.

## Rankings

- #7,580 — Overall
- #46 — sustainable

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `<all_urls>`
- `tabs`
- `cookies`
- `storage`
- `downloads`
- `privacy`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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/greenbeam)