Hue Light Controller

Name: Hue Light Controller
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: fatalv.nu

Control your Philips Hue lights directly from Firefox. Adjust brightness, colors, scenes, and effects, manage groups, set timers, and even experiment with screen mirroring – all from your browser.

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Features & Capabilities

Hue Controller – advanced Philips Hue management, right inside Firefox Take full command of every light, scene and sensor without ever leaving your browser. The latest release adds dozens of power-user features while keeping the interface fast and friendly.

Key features 🔍 Bridge discovery & multi-bridge switcher – pair new bridges in one click and hop between them instantly.

🗂 Organise everything – browse, rename or delete lights, groups, scenes and sensors; create groups and duplicate scenes as needed.

🎛 Live control panel – adjust brightness, colour temperature or pick any RGB hue; save favourite swatches for one-tap reuse.

🌈 20+ dynamic effects – Colour Loop, Candlelight, Thunderstorm, Aurora, Neon City and more.

⏰ Wake-up / Sleep fade timers – smooth 30-minute sunrise or sunset ramps for any light or group.

📺 Screen Mirroring – sync chosen lights with the dominant on-screen colour in real time (runs in a separate tab for secure capture).

🔗 Touchlink scanner – pair stubborn bulbs that normal searches miss.

💾 Backup & Restore – one-click JSON backup of your entire bridge configuration, plus inline editing of bridge name and time-zone.

🎨 Custom look & feel – Light, Dark, Dracula, Matrix and Synthwave themes, plus a font-size slider for accessibility.

🌐 Instant language toggle – currently English & Swedish, with more on the way.

Quick search, context-menu shortcuts, favourite-colour palette and an optional donation panel round things off.

No extra software is required beyond a Philips Hue Bridge. Discover your bridge, press its link button, and start painting with light—directly from Firefox.

Why Hue Controller? 🔒 Privacy-first: all commands stay on your local network—no cloud account needed.

⚡ Lightweight & open-source: plain JavaScript + Tailwind; packed size ≈ 300 kB.

🧰 Powerful yet simple: designed for enthusiasts, usable by anyone.

Permissions explained http://<bridge-ip>/ – communicate with your Hue Bridge.

tabs – open the optional Screen Mirroring tab.

What’s new in this version 🔗 Touchlink pairing

📺 Screen Mirroring stability improvements

💾 Full Backup / Restore

🌈 Ten new dynamic effects

🎨 Fresh themes, accessibility tweaks and performance optimisations

— Enjoy smarter, brighter control over your Hue lights!

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Version:

1.8.6 Last updated: 2026-05-13

Version code:

6260322

Creation date:

2025-07-24

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
tabs
http://*/*
https://discovery.meethue.com/*

Size:

83.35KB

Email:

fa*****@ownit.nu

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-20

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 19,120 ▲ 816

Other rankings

#75 in temperature keyword 18 ▲ 3#86 in light keyword 39 ▲ 6#123 in self control keyword 45 ▲ 6#157 in control keyword 46 ▲ 3

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Developed by:

fatalv.nu

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hue-controller_v1-5/

Email:

fa*****@ownit.nu

Website:

https://fatalv.nu

Permission Change History

2025-07-31: Version 1.3.5 → 1.4.5

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Is Hue Light Controller Safe?

Risk impact

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Hue Light Controller 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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Hue Light Controller is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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