YOURLS shortener
Shorten URLs with your own YOURLS instance
What is YOURLS shortener?
YOURLS Shortener is a Firefox add-on that allows you to easily shorten URLs using your own YOURLS instance. It provides features such as passwordless authentication, keyword suggestions, and automatic copying to clipboard.
Add-on stats
By: Martin Scharm
Rating: 4.18
(11)
Creation date: 2011-06-17
Weekly download count: 4
Firefox on Android: No
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- activeTab
- storage
- clipboardWrite
- contextMenus
- http://*/*
- https://*/*
Size: 33.58K
URLs: Website
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Add-on summary
YOURLS is free software to create short URLs for websites. It can be installed and run by everyone!
This extension eases the shortening of URLs from Firefox. It integrates into the UI (toolbar button and context menu) and communicates with your own or a public YOURLS instance.
Key features:
- passwordless authentication
- provide a keyword for the short URL
- selected text on the web page to use it as keyword
- automatically copy the resulting short URL to your clipboard
- Access data for all web sites: The extension needs access to the current website to get the URL and potentially selected text (for keyword suggestions), and the extension needs to access any other URL to communicated with private YOURLS instances.
- Input data to the clipboard: The extension is able to copy the shortened URL to clipboard (can be configured in the extension's preferences)
User reviews
Simple add-on that does what it is supposed to do. Great companion with your own YourLS installation. Love it and YourLS even more.
by Walterbe, 2024-09-06
by Seän Shepherd, 2022-04-17
Add-on safety
Risk impact
YOURLS shortener requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
YOURLS shortener has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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