# RegexKit

> simple regex tool for development and testing.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `regexkit`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Cherrimon
- **Category:** web-development,tabs
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.4
- **Last updated:** 2022-01-25
- **First published:** 2022-01-24
- **Size:** 1001 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/regexkit/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/cherrimon/RegexKit](https://github.com/cherrimon/RegexKit)

## Description

RegexKit is a Firefox add-on that includes a browser action, a background script, and a content script. It allows you to search regular expressions with affix and highlights matched results in HTML. The captured groups are sent to a popup for easy viewing. This tool is designed to simplify regex development and testing.

## Rankings

- #61,613 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate 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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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/regexkit)