# Sourcegraph for Firefox

> Adds code intelligence to GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket Server, and Phabricator: hovers, definitions, references. Supports 20+ languages.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/sourcegraph-for-firefox](https://chrome-stats.com/d/sourcegraph-for-firefox)

## Overview

- **ID:** `sourcegraph-for-firefox`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sourcegraph
- **Category:** web-development,search-tools,other
- **Daily users:** 392
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (7 ratings)
- **Version:** 23.4.14.1343
- **Last updated:** 2023-04-14
- **First published:** 2018-11-16
- **Size:** 6.52 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sourcegraph-for-firefox/)
- **Website:** [https://sourcegraph.com](https://sourcegraph.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sourcegraph-for-firefox/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sourcegraph-for-firefox/privacy/)

## Description

Sourcegraph for Firefox is an open-source browser extension that enhances your coding workflow by integrating powerful code navigation and intelligence features directly into popular code hosting platforms like GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket Server, and Phabricator. It supports over 20 programming languages and offers features such as hover tooltips with documentation and type information, go-to-definition, and find references. 

This extension seamlessly integrates with third-party services such as Codecov for coverage overlays and open-in-editor buttons, providing an efficient and interactive development experience. Users can invoke a quick search on their Sourcegraph instance using a convenient browser shortcut. It supports both public and private repositories, with additional permission configurations for enterprise and self-hosted code hosts. Sourcegraph empowers developers to navigate and understand complex codebases faster, making coding more productive and insightful.

## Rankings

- #5,790 — Overall
- #22 — source code
- #27 — resource
- #30 — graph
- #36 — source
- #47 — definition

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `contextMenus`
- `https://github.com/*`
- `https://sourcegraph.com/*`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High 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/sourcegraph-for-firefox)