# Web Archive Explorer

> Check and create web archives across multiple archiving services

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/web-archive-explorer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/web-archive-explorer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `web-archive-explorer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** unnohwn
- **Category:** web-development,privacy-security,search-tools
- **Daily users:** 12
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-01-01
- **First published:** 2024-12-29
- **Size:** 15 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/web-archive-explorer/)

## Description

Web Archive Explorer enables easy access to web archives across multiple archiving services. 
Main features:
- Search archives from <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/a65ec8c7427838a3ee2cd85f79e9547b61dd9aa1c60d0dab266f2ae8144382f8/http%3A//archive.org" rel="nofollow">archive.org</a>, <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/d6a0c6a4bcb51c86522598733fc4e2c3b6d5b560d595ad34f65b45cab4f37ab4/http%3A//archive.is" rel="nofollow">archive.is</a>, archive.today, and <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/217b04754d6e514de65d8d1b20bb5de470d15c3e16b177d35daa52634b9cca6f/http%3A//archive.ph" rel="nofollow">archive.ph</a>
- Create new archives of current webpages 
- Quick access via toolbar button and context menu
- Notifications for archiving status
- Clean and efficient interface with minimal resource usage

## Rankings

- #30,899 — Overall
- #29 — block explorer
- #50 — explore

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `contextMenus`
- `notifications`
- `*://*.archive.org/*`
- `*://*.archive.is/*`
- `*://*.archive.today/*`
- `*://*.archive.ph/*`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows the extension to observe and analyze traffic in flight for the selected hosts.
- 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/web-archive-explorer)