# Lidar

> Create rules to automatically scrape websites as you browse.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `lidar`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Alexandre Gomes Gaigalas
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 0.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-16
- **First published:** 2025-12-13
- **Size:** 34 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/lidar/)

## Description

Allows user to create scraping rules that will trigger whenever they visit webpages.

The scraped data is stored in the extension and availalbe for exporting to JSON.

## Rankings

- #97,347 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `tabs`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/lidar)