# Lightspeed

> Fast tab switching for Firefox Press Shift+Alt+P to open up the tab switcher popup, and start typing to filter a list of open tabs. Press enter to immediately switch to the selected tab.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `lightspeed-tabs`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Christopher De Cairos
- **Category:** other,tabs
- **Daily users:** 15
- **Rating:** 1.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.1resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2018-01-24
- **Size:** 79 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/lightspeed-tabs/)
- **Website:** [https://gitlab.com/cadecairos/Lightspeed/issues](https://gitlab.com/cadecairos/Lightspeed/issues)

## Description

"Lightspeed" is a Firefox add-on that enables fast tab switching by allowing users to filter and switch between open tabs using a text input. With fuzzy searching of tab titles, users can quickly find and switch to the desired tab by simply pressing enter or using the toolbar button.

## Rankings

- #27,958 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `tabs`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate 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/lightspeed-tabs)