# Socket Security

> Socket uses advanced code analysis and AI-powered risk detection to add security metrics to your NPM package pages and search results, defending your project against malware and security vulnerabilities in advance.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/socket-security?hl=pt](https://chrome-stats.com/d/socket-security?hl=pt)

## Overview

- **ID:** `socket-security`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** SocketDev
- **Category:** web-development,privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 68
- **Weekly downloads:** 4
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.4.1
- **Last updated:** 2024-12-04
- **First published:** 2023-06-17
- **Size:** 1.48 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/socket-security/)
- **Website:** [https://socket.dev/contact](https://socket.dev/contact)

## Description

Socket Security is a Firefox add-on that enhances the security of your projects by using advanced code analysis and AI-powered risk detection. It adds security metrics to your NPM package pages and search results, protecting your project in advance from malware and security vulnerabilities.

## Rankings

- #13,896 — Overall
- #18 — security
- #34 — rocket
- #45 — secure
- #81 — malware
- #117 — variation

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `https://socket.dev/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## 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.

> 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/socket-security?hl=pt)