# chromium/permission.site

A site to test the interaction of web APIs and browser permissions.

Repository: https://github.com/chromium/permission.site
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/permissionsite
Homepage: https://permission.site/
Language: JavaScript
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-24T22:23:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3803, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1249, forks 135 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:08.005011+00:00)

## What it is
A simple website for testing how web APIs interact with browser permission prompts, covering features like geolocation, camera, Bluetooth, WebUSB, WebAuthn, and clipboard. It is maintained by Chromium project members as a developer testing tool rather than an official Google product.

## Use cases
- test browser permission prompts for web APIs
- verify how Chrome handles camera and microphone permission requests
- test WebUSB and Web Bluetooth permission UX
- check clipboard API permission behavior in the browser
- test WebAuthn and geolocation permission flows
- compare permission prompts across browsers

## When to choose
- you are developing or testing browser permission UI for web APIs
- you need to reproduce permission prompt behavior for a bug report
- you want to see how a browser handles many different permission types in one place

## When to avoid
- you need an automated end-to-end testing framework rather than a manual test site
- you want a production-ready permission management solution for your own app
- you need to test permissions on non-web platforms like native mobile apps

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: testing, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, browser-extensions, developer-tools, testing
- platform: browser
- tags: browser-permissions, web-apis, testing-site, chromium, permission-prompts, web-server, javascript

## Member repositories
- chromium/permission.site (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:08.005011+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:07:46.998076+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/chromium/permission.site (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:08.005011+00:00, sha 8b0477766a66)
  - homepage: https://permission.site/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:18:49.767758+00:00, sha 9b318d9b9710)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.