# W3Techs Website Technology Information

> Shows which web technologies the current site is using.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/w3techs](https://chrome-stats.com/d/w3techs)

## Overview

- **ID:** `w3techs`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** SamSol
- **Category:** web-development,other
- **Daily users:** 415
- **Weekly downloads:** 5
- **Rating:** 4.17 / 5 (6 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.7
- **Last updated:** 2021-11-18
- **First published:** 2010-04-26
- **Size:** 26 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/w3techs/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/w3techs/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/w3techs/privacy/)

## Description

The **W3Techs Website Technology Information** Chrome extension lets you instantly discover which web technologies a site employs with just one click. It reveals detailed insights including content management systems, server and client-side languages, JavaScript libraries, markup languages, character encodings, structured data formats, SSL certificate authorities, web servers, operating systems, traffic analysis tools, advertising networks, tag managers, hosting providers, content delivery networks, server locations, and beyond.

This extension is ideal for developers, marketers, and tech enthusiasts who want to analyze web technology stacks effortlessly. By sending the current site's hostname to w3techs.com, it fetches accurate technology data in real time, providing a comprehensive technology profile for any website you visit.

## Rankings

- #5,694 — Overall
- #4 — technology
- #8 — ai tech
- #38 — disclaimer
- #44 — format
- #68 — website

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `tabs`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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/w3techs)