# Imgur Proxy

> Restore access to imgur.com images if the they are unavailable in your region - privacy-focused - no extra permissions

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `imgur-proxy`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** akke2007
- **Category:** privacy-security,photos-music-videos,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 61
- **Weekly downloads:** 17
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-26
- **First published:** 2026-06-23
- **Size:** 62 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/imgur-proxy/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/akkez/imgur-proxy/issues](https://github.com/akkez/imgur-proxy/issues)

## Description

Use this extension to unblock <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/aee3c4caafe434a0bde9c3a2678cbd11f5b291dd2f507c4cd3b11e1c9e73d2b4/http%3A//imgur.com" rel="nofollow">imgur.com</a> images by using privacy-focused DuckDuckGo image proxy (it does not change your search engine)
<ul><li>handy if imgur is blocked in your region 👋🇬🇧</li><li>uses DuckDuckGo's image proxy by default - configurable to any proxy service you set</li><li>no extra permissions - enable it per-site, only where you need it</li></ul>
Source code: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/92a837a2b9fdfdb9f4b23e61255f5f98bd6bc700fd887b086aa8c1599f2df755/https%3A//github.com/akkez/imgur-proxy" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/akkez/imgur-proxy</a>

## Rankings

- #14,744 — Overall
- #68 — proxy
- #73 — wifi proxy
- #91 — permission
- #92 — permissions

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `*://imgur.com/*`
- `*://*.imgur.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `imgur.com`
- `*.imgur.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows the extension to observe and analyze traffic in flight for the selected hosts.
- 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/imgur-proxy)