Open in CyberChef

Adds an open selected text in CyberChef option to the right-click context menu. CyberChef is a tool that can decode, decipher, and uncompress data in a wide variety of formats.
What is Open in CyberChef?
Open in CyberChef is a Firefox add-on that adds the option to open selected text in CyberChef to the right-click context menu. CyberChef is a tool that can decode, decipher, and uncompress data in a wide variety of formats.

Add-on stats

Users: 88 ▲ 3
Rating: 4.00 (1)
Version: 0.0.4 (Last updated: 2022-06-29)
Creation date: 2017-10-27
Weekly download count: 8
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • contextMenus
  • tabs
Size: 24.56K
URLs: Website

Other platforms

Open in CyberChef (v0.1.0)
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Add-on summary

Adds an open selected text in CyberChef option to the right-click context menu. It includes the option of what URL to use for CyberChef, default is https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/. WARNING, Firefox does not support local instances. Therefore CyberChef will need to be hosted on a local server or remotely. Please post any bugs or feature requests to https://github.com/maurermj08/open-in-cyber-chef-firefox/issues.

CyberChef's website describes itself as "A simple, intuitive web app for analysing and decoding data without having to deal with complex tools or programming languages. CyberChef encourages both technical and non-technical people to explore data formats, encryption and compression."

This extension does NOT collect any personal data, does NOT have any advertisements, and will NEVER be sold. The code is open source under MIT License and available at https://github.com/maurermj08/open-in-cyber-chef.

Add-on safety

Risk impact

Open in CyberChef requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Open in CyberChef has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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