# Slack When Ready

> Protect your focus... spend less time in Slack.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/slack-when-ready](https://chrome-stats.com/d/slack-when-ready)

## Overview

- **ID:** `slack-when-ready`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Inbox When Ready
- **Category:** social-communication
- **Version:** 0.0.6
- **Last updated:** 2019-11-01
- **First published:** 2019-08-11
- **Size:** 26 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/slack-when-ready/)
- **Website:** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zzxWB3OWG3dXwIelf8oEtJL1yVGhPLZEXz2iy6s57Nc/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zzxWB3OWG3dXwIelf8oEtJL1yVGhPLZEXz2iy6s57Nc/edit?usp=sharing)

## Description

Slack When Ready is a Firefox add-on that helps protect your focus and reduces time spent in Slack. It hides channels by default and changes notification dots to gray, minimizing distractions.

## Rankings

- #141,386 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `cookies`

### Content script matches

- `*.slack.com`
- `slackwhenready.org`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial 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/slack-when-ready)