# Idle Screensaver

> When a tab sits idle, a full-screen animation takes over — Matrix rain, a flying starfield, or drifting bubbles. Set how many minutes of inactivity trigger it; any mouse move or keypress brings the page back.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `idle-screensaver`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Lindiwe Wadud
- **Category:** web-development,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.5.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-10
- **First published:** 2026-07-07
- **Size:** 32 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/idle-screensaver/)

## Rankings

- #98,434 — Overall
- #20 — screensaver

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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/idle-screensaver)