Open in CyberChef

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.

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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.

Merlin
Stats
Stats date:
Users: 80 ▼ -3
Rating: 4.00 (1)
Version: 0.0.4 (Last updated: 2022-06-29)
Creation date: 2017-10-27
Weekly download count: 4
Firefox on Android: No
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • contextMenus
  • tabs
Size: 24.56K
Email: Click to see
URLs: Website
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Edge
Merlin
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.

Safety
Risk impact

Open in CyberChef may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

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

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