---
title: "Elicit: AI for Scientific Research – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "30,000 users, rated 4.50 by 10 people. Version 1.5, updated 2026-09-04. Requests 4 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/fdkcnfflaanlpehcmeekdjeknnokkhno"
---

# Elicit: AI for Scientific Research

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 30,000
- Rating: 4.50 from 10 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 00:57 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #3,261 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #690 of 103,498

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Browser extension for use with Elicit.com

- Extension ID: `fdkcnfflaanlpehcmeekdjeknnokkhno`
- Developer: [Elicit](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u2d8de0f20c084b43cb2f52aa7f549d32)
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2025-04-28
- Last updated: 2026-09-04
- Version: `1.5`
- Size: 350 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Website: `elicit.com`
- Support page: `https://support.elicit.com`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/elicit-ai-for-scientific/fdkcnfflaanlpehcmeekdjeknnokkhno>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Ffdkcnfflaanlpehcmeekdjeknnokkhno>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 30,000 | 4.50 | 10 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

**Every website:** it can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.

### Sites

- `http://*/`: Every website
- `https://*/`: Every website

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `https://*.elicit-previews.org/*`: elicit-previews.org and its subdomains
- `https://*.elicit.com/*`: elicit.com and its subdomains

### Browser features

- `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`: Block or change network requests on the sites it can reach
- `offscreen`: Open a hidden page for background work

### Asked for later, if you agree

- `file://*/`: Every website

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-27 00:57 UTC; next check around 2026-09-29.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Elicit: AI for Scientific Research” (fdkcnfflaanlpehcmeekdjeknnokkhno). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/fdkcnfflaanlpehcmeekdjeknnokkhno. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_fdkcnfflaanlpehcmeekdjeknnokkhno,
  title   = {Elicit: AI for Scientific Research (fdkcnfflaanlpehcmeekdjeknnokkhno)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/fdkcnfflaanlpehcmeekdjeknnokkhno},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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