# Web3URL: Access Protocol for Future Web3

> Enable support for web3:// scheme in the browser (E.g., web3://w3url.eth/).

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/web3url](https://chrome-stats.com/d/web3url)

## Overview

- **ID:** `web3url`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Web3URL
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 22
- **Version:** 1.2.1
- **Last updated:** 2022-12-07
- **First published:** 2022-04-14
- **Size:** 45 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/web3url/)
- **Website:** [https://web3url.io/](https://web3url.io/)

## Description

Web3URL: Access Protocol for Future Web3 is a Firefox add-on that enables support for the web3:// scheme in the browser. It allows users to access and render web objects hosted by smart contracts, providing a fully decentralized web3 experience.

## Rankings

- #23,597 — Overall
- #10 — web3
- #25 — future
- #50 — free access
- #60 — ethereum
- #61 — gateway

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `storage`
- `<all_urls>`

## 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/web3url)