Is Close Tab safe?

Low risk

Close Tab loads a Buy Me a Coffee badge from cdn.buymeacoffee.com when you open its options page.

When you open Close Tab's options page, it loads a third-party image badge from cdn.buymeacoffee.com. That request sends normal network metadata such as your IP address and request headers to the CDN.

Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.

Hansiferv1.8.0Chrome Web Store
15Risk
Who publishes it

Hansifer - 2 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
Hansifer

Same store account

2 other listings published from this account, 1.1M+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.

AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.

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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.8.0. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.

  • Add items to the right-click menu

    contextMenus

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Close Tab contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.

  • cdn.buymeacoffee.com

    Close Tab sends data to cdn.buymeacoffee.com. 5 other extensions we have analysed send data here.

Updated 30 September 2026lnchemdcmhoccciihokpdkkekmnejfhj