# Side Panel localhost

> This will open a side panel to http://localhost:8080

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/side-panel-localhost](https://chrome-stats.com/d/side-panel-localhost)

## Overview

- **ID:** `side-panel-localhost`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** AtishSaha
- **Category:** web-development,language-support
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.5
- **Last updated:** 2024-08-12
- **First published:** 2024-08-10
- **Size:** 1.01 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/side-panel-localhost/)

## Description

this side panel will basically open any page being locally hosted from your computer on port 8080. This can be extremely useful for developers running docker containers with web ui. 
Usecases tested : 
Running portainer to manage all my docker containers from 8080. 
Running OpenwebUI with Ollama to access my local LLM on 8080.
Running SearXNG Meta-search engine on 8080.. etc

## Rankings

- #126,434 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `webNavigation`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows retrieval of a user’s browsing history, presenting a notable privacy risk.
- 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/side-panel-localhost)