Update Notifier

Name: Update Notifier
Author: Manuel Reimer

Know more quickly when a security update is due. Displays a warning if the browser version you are currently using is no longer up-to-date.

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Features & Capabilities

This Add-on helps you to have your browser as up to date as possible as early as possible. On startup the Mozilla server is asked for the latest version and if this does not match what you are currently using, a warning message is displayed.

This is especially useful if you manually update Firefox using, for example, your Linux distributors package repositories. But even with the Firefox built in update mechanism, the update is prepared in the background and applied on the next browser restart which results in one full browser session with potential security holes.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Manuel Reimer

Daily users:

Version:

1.0.1 Last updated: 2025-05-18

Version code:

5951709

Creation date:

2024-10-13

Risk:

Permissions:

storage

Size:

31.49KB

URLs:

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Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-23

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 118,743 ▲ 1,866

Other rankings

#43 in update keyword 26 ▲ 1

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Developed by:

Manuel Reimer

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/update-notifier/

Website:

https://github.com/M-Reimer/update-notifier/issues

Is Update Notifier Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Update Notifier does not require any sensitive permissions.

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Risk likelihood

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Update Notifier is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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