# WikiTrace

> Track, archive and visualise every Wikipedia page you visit.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `wikitrace`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Roberto Reale
- **Category:** search-tools,bookmarks,tabs
- **Daily users:** 3
- **Version:** 1.4.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-12
- **First published:** 2026-05-09
- **Size:** 3.71 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/wikitrace/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/RobertoReale/WikiTrace/tree/main](https://github.com/RobertoReale/WikiTrace/tree/main)

## Description

WikiTrace automatically records every Wikipedia article you visit and 
builds a permanent visual archive — no account or login required.

Features:
• Graph view — force-directed D3.js graph with colour-coded category 
  clusters and navigation edges between related pages
• List view — sortable and filterable table of all visited pages
• Reading list — save any page for later with custom categories
• 3 save modes: automatic, on scroll-to-bottom, or manual only
• Wikipedia categories fetched automatically for clustering
• Custom site tracking — track pages on any website, not just Wikipedia
• Batch URL import — add multiple Wikipedia URLs at once
• Export / Import — full JSON backup and restore
• Cross-device sync — via private GitHub Gist (no server needed)
• Dark and light theme

All data is stored locally in your browser. No telemetry, no external 
services except Wikipedia's public category API and optional GitHub 
Gist sync (only when you explicitly connect a token).

## Rankings

- #56,874 — Overall
- #144 — wiki
- #221 — wikipedia

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `webNavigation`
- `tabs`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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/wikitrace)