# Location Switcher - Advanced

> Switching between development and production sites.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/location-switcher-advanced](https://chrome-stats.com/d/location-switcher-advanced)

## Overview

- **ID:** `location-switcher-advanced`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ethan Liu
- **Category:** web-development,tabs
- **Daily users:** 4
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.4.0
- **Last updated:** 2020-02-13
- **First published:** 2020-02-13
- **Size:** 73 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/location-switcher-advanced/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/ethanliu/location-switcher-addon](https://github.com/ethanliu/location-switcher-addon)

## Description

Location Switcher - Advanced is a powerful Firefox add-on that allows you to easily switch between development and production sites. It provides advanced features such as replacing the favicon and supports multiple destinations for the same source. With custom routes, you can create complex switching patterns. Get the add-on from GitHub.

## Rankings

- #47,411 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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/location-switcher-advanced)