Google Lighthouse
Lighthouse is an open-source, automated tool for improving the performance, quality, and correctness of your web apps.
What is Google Lighthouse?
Google Lighthouse is a powerful and open-source Firefox extension leveraging Google's PageSpeed Insights API. This tool provides automated assistance in improving your web apps. It generates a Lighthouse report using headless Chrome run by a Google service. Please note that it can only audit public URLs.
Add-on stats
Rating: 3.55
(47)
Creation date: 2020-02-14
Weekly download count: 385
Firefox on Android: Yes
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
- activeTab
- storage
Size: 27.50K
Ranking
# 579 ▲ 2
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Add-on summary
This extension uses the PageSpeed Insights API to generate a Lighthouse report, using headless Chrome from a service run by Google. Only public URLs may be audited.
User reviews
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Easy to use
- Effective in analyzing websites
- Helps reduce reliance on PageSpeed Insight
Cons
- Does not work with localhost
- Fails to load pages resulting in errors
- Limited functionality compared to Google Chrome version
Most mentioned
- Issues with localhost
- Error messages on test failures
- Better performance under Google Chrome
Recent reviews
Can't scan local websites
by Firefox user 17676156, 2024-11-13
нормально работает
by Firefox user 18461811, 2024-06-18
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Google Lighthouse does not require any sensitive permissions.
Risk likelihood
Google Lighthouse has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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