SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
YTDLP Youtube Video Downloader
Firefox extension·by nebwak
73
/ 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
YTDLP Youtube Video Downloader's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
19%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,581 extensions
In Photos Music Videos
8%of photos music videos extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 11,114 photos music videos extensions
Findings
12
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
27
median 6vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 12 distinct issues across 6 severities
12
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical18%
High217%
Needs Review00%
Medium867%
Low18%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 3 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 3 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Communicate with desktop apps
Can exchange messages with applications installed on your computer
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
Info
*://*.youtube.com/*
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 25, 2026
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