---
title: "Live editor for CSS, Less & Sass - Magic CSS – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "60,000 users, rated 4.63 by 279 people. Version 8.22.5, updated 2024-07-24. Requests 5 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ifhikkcafabcgolfjegfcgloomalapol"
---

# Live editor for CSS, Less & Sass - Magic CSS

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 60,000
- Rating: 4.63 from 279 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-06 17:54 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #2,202 of 292,125 live extensions
- Rank in Developer Tools: #201 of 30,444

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Live preview of CSS/Less/Sass code changes. Auto-save file, autocomplete, Less/Sass to CSS, beautify, CSS reloader, lint, ...

- Extension ID: `ifhikkcafabcgolfjegfcgloomalapol`
- Developer: [webextensions.org](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/uc15e2bf4f28de8f6b3151947dcb9a0fc)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Developer Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/developer)
- First published: 2013-03-28
- Last updated: 2024-07-24
- Version: `8.22.5`
- Size: 2.15 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 102
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `https://webextensions.org/`
- Support page: `https://github.com/webextensions/live-css-editor/issues`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/live-editor-for-css-less/ifhikkcafabcgolfjegfcgloomalapol>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/ifhikkcafabcgolfjegfcgloomalapol>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22ifhikkcafabcgolfjegfcgloomalapol%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-06 | 60,000 | 4.63 | 279 |
| 2026-10-30 | 60,000 | 4.63 | 279 |
| 2026-10-22 | 70,000 | 4.63 | 279 |
| 2026-10-15 | 60,000 | 4.63 | 279 |
| 2026-10-08 | 60,000 | 4.64 | 279 |
| 2026-10-01 | 60,000 | 4.64 | 279 |
| 2026-09-27 | 60,000 | 4.64 | 279 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

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

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `offscreen`: Open a hidden page for background work
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `unlimitedStorage`: Store more data than the usual limit

### Asked for later, if you agree

- `webNavigation`: Follow your browsing, page by page
- `*://*/*`: Every website

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Close Tab by Double Right Click](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/klngijkfgagcnegkffeckmkdpnpmbdpm) | 9,000 | 2.95 | 75 | Workflow & Planning |

All 2 extensions by [webextensions.org](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/uc15e2bf4f28de8f6b3151947dcb9a0fc).

## 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 2026-11-06 17:54 UTC; next check around 2026-11-13.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Live editor for CSS, Less & Sass - Magic CSS” (ifhikkcafabcgolfjegfcgloomalapol). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-06. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ifhikkcafabcgolfjegfcgloomalapol. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_ifhikkcafabcgolfjegfcgloomalapol,
  title   = {Live editor for CSS, Less & Sass - Magic CSS (ifhikkcafabcgolfjegfcgloomalapol)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-06},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ifhikkcafabcgolfjegfcgloomalapol},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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