# Sourcer

> The one tool for all news insight.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/sourcer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/sourcer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `sourcer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sourcer
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging
- **Daily users:** 6
- **Version:** 1.4.5
- **Last updated:** 2023-03-21
- **First published:** 2022-02-04
- **Size:** 5.35 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sourcer/)
- **Website:** [https://getsourcer.com](https://getsourcer.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sourcer/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sourcer/privacy/)

## Description

Sourcer is the essential tool for higher education to bring back trust in online information efficiently. It provides insight into what you are reading, protects against fake news, and recommends related articles to read more about the topic.

## Rankings

- #42,188 — Overall
- #43 — source code
- #61 — resource
- #98 — source
- #225 — soccer

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `*://getsourcer.com/*`
- `*://api.getsourcer.com/*`
- `webRequest`
- `clipboardWrite`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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 website URL may be invalid

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/sourcer)