Humans.txt

Show humans.txt for the current website, if it exists (see http://humanstxt.org)

What is Humans.txt?

Humans.txt is a Chrome extension that allows users to easily view and access the humans.txt file for any website they visit. This file, used by Google, Flickr, and many web developers, recognizes the humans who created the website and the tools they used.

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By: https://player.fm

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Users: 397 ▲ 9

Rating: 4.26 (34)

Version: 1.4.5 (Last updated: 2013-01-17)

Creation date: 2013-01-17

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
http://*/*
https://*/*

Size: 55.06K

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 41693 ▲ 340

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#5242 in Social Networking ▲ 19

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Summary

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Humans.txt is a new standard in use by Google, Flickr, and many grassroots web developers. It's a way to recognize the humans who made a website, and the tools they used.

This extension shows an icon in the address bar for sites using humans.txt, so you can discover it's available. Click on the icon to see the humans.txt file. Try it on http://humanstxt.org or http://google.com for example.

Extension by Michael Mahemoff, Player FM (http://player.fm) and originally created while at Google.

Update Jan 17, 2013

Updated to use Chrome Manifest v2
Supports https, with thanks to Starkov matmuchrapna (https://github.com/matmuchrapna) for the patch
Ensure min width and text wrapping
Improve footer

Update June 26, 2011 Now using official humans.txt logo, and some other internal updates.

User reviews

Pro: Display the contents of the humans.txt file on clicking the extension button in the address bar. Feature Request: change the icon color, depending on the currently visited site having a humans.txt file or not (would be really handy) Bug (Chrome Version 90.0.4430.93 (Offizieller Build) (x86_64)): Visiting any site with HTTP-Authentication will close the Login dialogue on page load (which makes it impossible to enter whatever credentials for the site). I had to uninstall the extension due to this behaviour.

Wanja, 2021-05-10

Suddenly even if it detects human.txt, often it is active for short time, than it's, as it didn't see the file, inactive.

Mateusz Abramek, 2017-02-23

Great little plugin, would be great if it uses the <link rel="author" > if it's on the page. Sometimes it's not possible to put it at root.

Luke Watts, 2014-03-06

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Safety

Risk impact

Humans.txt is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Humans.txt if you trust the publisher.