# Hacker Tab

> This extension is a Matrix based animated theme with many search engines producing live search suggestions inside the tab.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `hackertab`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Fahad Yousaf
- **Category:** search-tools,appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 16
- **Weekly downloads:** 4
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-14
- **First published:** 2025-04-11
- **Size:** 1010 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hackertab/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/FahadYousafMahar/HackerTab/issues/](https://github.com/FahadYousafMahar/HackerTab/issues/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hackertab/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hackertab/privacy/)

## Description

This extension is a Matrix based animated theme with many search engines and Mr. Robot Wallpapers. It adds the hacker look to your Chrome New Tab.

Setting Menu can be accessed by moving cursor to left edge. Matrix can be customized to any colour of your liking through a colour picker. There are Mr. Robot Wallpapers are built in but any other wallpaper can be used from 'Custom Wallpaper' button.

Search Engines available are :

<code>Google
DuckDuckGo
Torrentz
TOR / Onion
Bing
SearchEncrypt
StartPage
SwissCows
SearX
Quant
FindAlternative
</code>

It has lists of weblinks of different categories :

<code>Torrents
Media / Streamers
Social Networks
Reddit Forums
Developer Resources
News / Books
Cloud Sources
Internet Services
</code>

## Rankings

- #27,092 — Overall
- #31 — hacker
- #124 — hack

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Can alter new tab settings; fairly benign but with some capability to affect user experience.
- 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/hackertab)