Optistart

Name: Optistart
Author: darclux

Fast, customizable Firefox start page with search, history, news, sports, topic grouping and optional local personalization.

Overview

Firefox Add-ons Store

Daily users

Data as of 2026-11-07

Version:

2.7.2

Last updated: 2026-09-19

Features & Capabilities

Optistart replaces Firefox New Tab and, optionally, the homepage with a fast, clean and customizable dashboard.

Features:

• Search through search engines installed in Firefox • Frequently and recently visited sites • User-selected RSS/Atom feeds and supported news websites • General news from Mozilla Merino • News displayed either mixed or grouped by topic • Local handling of read, hidden and similar news items • Optional ranking of general news using a locally generated interest profile • Optional filtering of detected paywall articles • Sports results including OpenLigaDB and Jolpica F1 • Multilingual interface with 16 built-in languages • Additional languages can be imported as local JSON language packs • Optional performance diagnostics

Privacy:

Firefox browsing history is processed locally for Recent Sites and, only when explicitly enabled, for the interest profile. Browsing history and the derived interest profile are not sent to the developer, Mozilla Merino or news providers. Optistart has no developer-operated analytics or tracking service.

Network access is required for news, sports and the search provider selected by the user. User-added news sources are fetched only after Firefox grants the required site permission.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

darclux

Daily users:

Version:

2.7.2 Last updated: 2026-09-19

Version code:

6451155

Creation date:

2026-08-30

Firefox add-on GUID:

optistart@darclux

Firefox add-on numeric ID:

3063004

Firefox on Android:

Risk:

Permissions:

Host permissions:

https://merino.services.mozilla.com/*
https://api.openligadb.de/*
https://api.jolpi.ca/*

Content scripts matches:

chatgpt.com

Size:

156.38KB

Privacy policy:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/optistart/privacy/

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-11-07

Compare stats and ranking:

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Developed by:: darclux
Firefox Add-ons Store: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/optistart/

Is Optistart Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Optistart requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Request access to the following domains: chatgpt.com, merino.services.mozilla.com, api.openligadb.de, api.jolpi.ca
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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Optistart is recently added, and hasn't been around long enough for us to gather enough data to accurately assess its risk level.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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