# ViewPDFInBrowser

> View PDFs in your browsers built in PDF viewer instead of downloading them.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `viewpdfinbrowser`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** altoryon
- **Category:** download-management,privacy-security,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Version:** 2.2
- **Last updated:** 2023-07-12
- **First published:** 2023-01-20
- **Size:** 10 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/viewpdfinbrowser/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/buggysolid/view-pdf-in-browser](https://github.com/buggysolid/view-pdf-in-browser)

## Description

ViewPDFInBrowser is a Firefox add-on that allows you to open PDFs in your browser's built-in PDF viewer, eliminating the need for downloading them onto your device. Simply install the add-on, and PDFs will automatically open in your browser for easier and more convenient viewing.

## Rankings

- #63,631 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

### Host permissions

- `*://*/*.pdf`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate 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 has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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