# ViewPilot

> ViewPilot — AI browser sidebar powered by GitHub Copilot

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `viewpilot`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gil-jun
- **Category:** search-tools,appearance,language-support
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-23
- **First published:** 2026-03-20
- **Size:** 1.48 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/viewpilot/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/bymebyu/ViewPilot/issues](https://github.com/bymebyu/ViewPilot/issues)

## Description

I built ViewPilot because I kept forgetting to use GitHub Copilot. It just wasn't in my flow. So I made a sidebar that's always there — no tab switching, no breaking focus.

Now, whenever I'm studying something or a question pops up, I just ask. It made Copilot actually useful for everyday browsing, not just coding.

✨ Features:
• AI sidebar powered by GitHub Copilot — always one click away
• 20+ models: GPT-5.4, Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini 3.1 Pro, and more
• Reads your current page for context-aware answers
• Web search integration (built-in free search, or bring your own search API key)
• Screenshot capture — single view or full-page scroll
• File attachments, chat history, math rendering (LaTeX)
• Font size control for accessibility
• Multi-language: English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish

📋 Requirements:
• A GitHub Copilot subscription (Pro, Business, or Enterprise)

🔒 Privacy:
• No data collection — ViewPilot does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data
• All AI communication goes directly between your browser and the GitHub Copilot API
• Web search only sends search queries — no personal data transmitted
• No analytics, no tracking

## Rankings

- #68,804 — Overall
- #53 — copilot
- #65 — ai copilot

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `scripting`
- `contextMenus`
- `cookies`
- `https://github.com/*`
- `https://api.github.com/*`
- `https://api.githubcopilot.com/*`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `github.com`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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/viewpilot)