webhint

Check for best practices and common errors with your site's accessibility, speed, security and more.
What is webhint?
"Webhint" is a Firefox add-on tool for developers. It quickly tests a website for accessibility, browser compatibility, security, performance and more. The browser extension tailors feedback to categories of interest, browsers targeted, and can ignore third-party resources, yielding suggestions for improvement backed by documentation.

Add-on stats

By: webhint
Rating: 4.64 (39)
Version: 2.4.17 (Last updated: 2024-08-29)
Creation date: 2019-05-13
Weekly download count: 91
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • webNavigation
Size: 786.57K

Other platforms

webhint (v2.4.17)
5.00 (7) 4,000
webhint (v2.4.17)
3.80 (9) 3,449
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Add-on summary

Webhint is a tool for developers that can help you find issues in different areas. Quickly test your website to see if there are any issues with accessibility, browser compatibility, security, performance and more.

The browser extension allows you to easily get feedback from the categories you are interested on, get hints for the browsers you are targetting and ignore resources from third party resources. All with links to documentation to help you fix them.

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
    Cons
    • Still missing support for several essential HTTP-Headers.
    • Every scan timed out for webapp maintenance, especially with Keycloak.
    • Tab remains empty when third-party cookies are disabled.
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      Add-on safety

      Risk impact

      webhint requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

      Risk likelihood

      webhint is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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