# Onion Location Detector

> Shows an icon when a site offers an Onion-Location.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/simple-onion-location-detector](https://chrome-stats.com/d/simple-onion-location-detector)

## Overview

- **ID:** `simple-onion-location-detector`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Leprechaun
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 2.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-06
- **First published:** 2026-03-03
- **Size:** 28 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/simple-onion-location-detector/)

## Description

Onion Location Detector enhances your privacy by seamlessly notifying you when a website you are visiting provides an official Tor Onion Service.

Privacy First:
This add-on is built with your privacy as the top priority.
- It does not collect, store, or transmit any user data.
- It does not track your browsing history.
- It operates entirely locally within your browser.

Take control of your privacy and discover the Tor Onion Services hidden across the web with a single, intuitive icon.

## Rankings

- #111,297 — Overall
- #97 — location

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `tabs`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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.

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/simple-onion-location-detector)