# Omnibug

> The leading browser extension for analytics and marketing technology testing and debugging

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `omnibug`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Philip Lawrence
- **Category:** web-development
- **Daily users:** 2,578
- **Weekly downloads:** 30
- **Rating:** 4.08 / 5 (25 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-01-03
- **First published:** 2013-05-18
- **Size:** 1.36 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/omnibug/)
- **Website:** [https://omnibug.io/help](https://omnibug.io/help)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/omnibug/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/omnibug/privacy/)

## Description

Omnibug is a powerful browser extension designed to simplify the development, debugging, and quality assurance of marketing technologies such as Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Tealium iQ. It captures and decodes events sent to these platforms into an easy-to-understand format, enabling users to filter, analyze, and export data efficiently.

Supporting an extensive range of tags including Adobe Experience Cloud, Facebook Pixel, Google Ads, LinkedIn Conversion, TikTok, and many others, Omnibug is an essential tool for marketers and developers who need to verify the accuracy and performance of their analytics implementations. Its comprehensive compatibility ensures seamless debugging across the most popular marketing and analytics platforms, empowering users to optimize their digital strategies effectively.

## Rankings

- #1,881 — Overall
- #200 — Web Development
- #13 — marketing
- #16 — debug
- #40 — technology
- #44 — lead

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `webNavigation`
- `webRequest`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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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## Review summary

Users find Omnibug useful for testing and analyzing analytics implementations, particularly appreciating its ability to parse data from certain tools like Segment.io. However, the add-on has inconsistent parsing capabilities across different platforms and lacks adequate documentation or support, leading to difficulties in usage. Additionally, a reported update caused the extension to stop working due to certificate issues, impacting user experience.

### Pros

- Useful for testing analytics implementations.
- Provides parsed data for some analytics tools like Segment.io.
- Helpful for daily use in both Firefox and Chrome.

### Cons

- Parsing is inconsistent across different analytics platforms, e.g., poor parsing for Mixpanel.
- Lacks clear user instructions or support materials, making it hard to use for some users.
- Stopped working after a recent update due to certificate recognition issues.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/omnibug)