# Proxy CAPES

> Redirects pages to the CAPES Journal Portal's EZproxy and keeps track of your current session.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `proxy-capes`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ygor Amaral
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-11
- **First published:** 2026-07-04
- **Size:** 98 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/proxy-capes/)

## Description

Proxy CAPES rewrites the addresses of academic sites to the CAPES Journal Portal's EZproxy, giving you access to the content your institution subscribes to. For example, <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/2cc145bc346c9c9b75cd5a5516a2c0de616e550faff4705a991b71bb0881b314/http%3A//ieeexplore.ieee.org" rel="nofollow">ieeexplore.ieee.org</a> becomes <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/becbebb7f712b8d77b482b71e357938f7690391dcc872014a0e3fdc8046a8dbb/http%3A//ieeexplore-ieee-org.ez19.periodicos.capes.gov.br" rel="nofollow">ieeexplore-ieee-org.ez19.periodicos.capes.gov.br</a>.

Features:
    - Open through CAPES: a button (or the Alt+Shift+C shortcut) toggles the current tab between the original URL and the proxied version. The same action lives in the right-click menu, which also offers "Open link through CAPES."
    - Automatic redirect: with automatic mode on, only the domains in an editable list get converted on their own, and every other site opens normally.
    - Institution login: save your CAFe institution once and sign in directly, without hunting through the whole list every time.
    - Session check: shows whether you have an active session on the proxy.
    - Diagnostics and Import databases: test your list using your signed-in session and suggest changes, always with your confirmation.

The extension does not collect or send any data to third parties. It only accesses <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/d17d6df72138250aebd221a070d23a46274e24fff984fba27104e4957c7cd0f8/http%3A//periodicos.capes.gov.br" rel="nofollow">periodicos.capes.gov.br</a> to rewrite URLs and check your session, and it stores your preferences locally.

## Rankings

- #94,499 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `contextMenus`

### Host permissions

- `*://*.periodicos.capes.gov.br/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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/proxy-capes)