SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
KDE Connect
Firefox extension·by Peter Fern
0
/ 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
KDE Connect's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
30%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Social & Communication
14%of social & communication extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 12,741 social & communication extensions
Findings
10
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
1381
median 3vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 10 distinct issues across 6 severities
10
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical110%
High220%
Needs Review00%
Medium660%
Low110%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 risky permissions of 4 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 4 permissions in total. 2 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
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Are you the author of KDE Connect?
Claim this extension to respond to findings, add context, and earn a verified badge on extenshi.io.
Add the badge to your README
Show KDE Connect's live security score on GitHub or in your docs
Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 14, 2026
Browser extensions made transparent.