SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Redbar: Sidebar for Reddit
Chrome extension
78
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
Automated analysis of publicly available code — not a professional security audit. It may produce false positives and does not prove an extension is unsafe or safe. Treat it as one signal among many. Disclaimer · Report an issue
How it ranks
Redbar: Sidebar for Reddit's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
32%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 397,224 extensions
In Lifestyle
31%of lifestyle extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 46,834 lifestyle extensions
Findings
15
median 12Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
1
median 1Declared in manifest
Active users
226
median 26vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 15 distinct issues across 6 severities
15
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 16 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High320%
Needs Review00%
Medium747%
Low427%
Info17%
Permissions requested
1 permission declared
No risky permissions
1 permission requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 8, 2026
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