# Hosts.click Viewer

> Check your website or dev on another server without changing DNS.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/hosts-click-viewer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hosts-click-viewer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `hosts-click-viewer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Yehoshua Vaknin
- **Category:** web-development
- **Daily users:** 5
- **Version:** 1.0.7
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-01
- **First published:** 2024-12-20
- **Size:** 190 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hosts-click-viewer/)
- **Website:** [https://hosts.click](https://hosts.click/)

## Description

Hosts.Click is a free tool that allows developers and website administrators to test their websites before updating DNS records. It provides a temporary URL that redirects traffic to a specified IP address and domain, enabling instant testing without modifying local hosts files or waiting for DNS propagation.

## Rankings

- #44,619 — Overall
- #207 — viewer

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `https://hostsclick.com/*`
- `https://hosts.click/*`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: hostsclick.com, hosts.click
- 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/hosts-click-viewer)