# Magnet Checker

> A simple firefox extension that detects magnet links on a webpage and checks their availability using the OpenWebTorrent API.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `magnet-checker`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** GreyGrayGrey
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 3
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-31
- **First published:** 2025-10-28
- **Size:** 23 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/magnet-checker/)

## Description

A simple firefox extension that detects magnet links on a webpage and checks their availability using the OpenWebTorrent API.

<strong>Please use it gracefully and avoid sending too many requests to the public API.</strong>

## Rankings

- #55,807 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `scripting`
- `activeTab`

### Host permissions

- `https://checker.openwebtorrent.com/*`
- `http://checker.openwebtorrent.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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/magnet-checker)