# View Page Source Button

> Adds a View Page Source button to the toolbar

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/view-page-source-button](https://chrome-stats.com/d/view-page-source-button)

## Overview

- **ID:** `view-page-source-button`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Markus Popp
- **Category:** web-development,appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 73
- **Rating:** 3.91 / 5 (11 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2023-04-22
- **First published:** 2015-08-17
- **Size:** 33 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/view-page-source-button/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/mpopp75/view-page-source/issues](https://github.com/mpopp75/view-page-source/issues)

## Description

View Page Source Button is a lightweight Chrome extension that adds a convenient button directly to your browser's toolbar. With a single click, you can instantly open the page source of the current webpage in a new tab positioned right next to the active tab. This tool simplifies the process of inspecting page source code without the need for keyboard shortcuts or navigating through menus.

Ideal for developers, students, or anyone curious about the underlying HTML of websites, this extension streamlines source code access, saving time and effort. It's a minimal and efficient addition to your browser, focused solely on enhancing your productivity when working with web page source data.

## Rankings

- #13,480 — Overall
- #19 — source
- #28 — source code
- #38 — resource
- #160 — page
- #229 — web page

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/view-page-source-button)