# Visual Tab Badge Notifier

> Display badge icons on tabs to indicate background activity.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/visual-tab-badge-notifier](https://chrome-stats.com/d/visual-tab-badge-notifier)

## Overview

- **ID:** `visual-tab-badge-notifier`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jennipher
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,tabs
- **Daily users:** 4
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2024-09-24
- **First published:** 2024-09-23
- **Size:** 25 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/visual-tab-badge-notifier/)

## Description

This extension replaces sound notifications with badge icons on tabs to signal updates. Tabs will display a small icon or number, indicating the amount of background activity or new changes that have occurred.

Badge icons for background tab activity.
Displays activity count or type of update.
No sound or pop-up alerts—visual-only notifications.
Works with any background tab.

## Rankings

- #48,264 — Overall
- #29 — badge

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `notifications`

### Host permissions

- `*://*/*`

## 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/visual-tab-badge-notifier)