# App Opener > App Opener creates β€œopen in app” links for YouTube and 22+ platforms. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/app-opener](https://chrome-stats.com/d/app-opener) ## Overview - **ID:** `app-opener` - **Platform:** Firefox - **Type:** Firefox add-on - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Gaurav Kumar - **Category:** social-communication - **Daily users:** 1 - **Version:** 1.3.1 - **Last updated:** 2025-09-24 - **First published:** 2025-09-21 - **Size:** 63 KB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-14 - **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/app-opener/) - **Website:** [https://appopener.recut.in/privacy-policy](https://appopener.recut.in/privacy-policy) - **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/app-opener/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/app-opener/privacy/) ## Description App Opener πŸŽ₯πŸ”— App Opener creates β€œopen in app” links for YouTube and 22+ platforms. Create deep links for 23+ popular platforms that open in the app."πŸš€ Why you’ll like it Open in the app: Open links in the app. Quick open: Press Alt+S to use it anytime. Right-click: Shorten the current page link in one click. YouTube helper: Makes a short link for the video you’re on. How to use Open the page you want people to see in the app. Press Alt+S or right-click β†’ Shorten current page. Copy the link and share. Bonus: if you want an even plainer version (no shortcuts mentioned): Free App Opener makes links that open in the app, not the browser. Works with YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp, Amazon, and 20+ more. Make a link, share it, done. Works with 23 popular apps : https://appopener.recut.in/all-apps For more info, visit: https://appopener.recut.in/ ## Rankings - #92,033 β€” Overall - #193 β€” app - #245 β€” apps ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `tabs` - `activeTab` - `contextMenus` - `clipboardWrite` - `notifications` ### Host permissions - `https://appopener.recut.in/*` - `https://airbnb.com/*` - `https://www.airbnb.com/*` - `https://abnb.me/*` - `https://www.abnb.me/*` - `https://aliexpress.com/*` - `https://www.aliexpress.com/*` - `https://a.aliexpress.com/*` - `https://www.a.aliexpress.com/*` - `https://amazon.com/*` - `https://www.amazon.com/*` - `https://amazon.in/*` - `https://www.amazon.in/*` - `https://amazon.co.uk/*` - `https://www.amazon.co.uk/*` - `https://amazon.de/*` - `https://www.amazon.de/*` - `https://amazon.fr/*` - `https://www.amazon.fr/*` - `https://amazon.it/*` - `https://www.amazon.it/*` - `https://amazon.es/*` - `https://www.amazon.es/*` - `https://amazon.ca/*` - `https://www.amazon.ca/*` - `https://amazon.co.jp/*` - `https://www.amazon.co.jp/*` - `https://amazon.com.au/*` - `https://www.amazon.com.au/*` - `https://amazon.com.mx/*` - `https://www.amazon.com.mx/*` - `https://amazon.com.br/*` - `https://www.amazon.com.br/*` - `https://amazon.ae/*` - `https://www.amazon.ae/*` - `https://amzn.to/*` - `https://www.amzn.to/*` - `https://amzn.in/*` - `https://www.amzn.in/*` - `https://amzn.eu/*` - `https://www.amzn.eu/*` - `https://a.co/*` - `https://www.a.co/*` - `https://music.apple.com/*` - `https://www.music.apple.com/*` - `https://itun.es/*` - `https://www.itun.es/*` - `https://facebook.com/*` - `https://www.facebook.com/*` - `https://fb.me/*` - `https://www.fb.me/*` - `https://fb.watch/*` - `https://www.fb.watch/*` - `https://grubhub.com/*` - `https://www.grubhub.com/*` - `https://grubhub.app.link/*` - `https://www.grubhub.app.link/*` - `https://instagram.com/*` - `https://www.instagram.com/*` - `https://instagr.am/*` - `https://www.instagr.am/*` - `https://linkedin.com/*` - `https://www.linkedin.com/*` - `https://lnkd.in/*` - `https://www.lnkd.in/*` - `https://messenger.com/*` - `https://www.messenger.com/*` - `https://m.me/*` - `https://www.m.me/*` - `https://netflix.com/*` - `https://www.netflix.com/*` - `https://nflx.it/*` - `https://www.nflx.it/*` - `https://netflix.app.link/*` - `https://www.netflix.app.link/*` - `https://pinterest.com/*` - `https://www.pinterest.com/*` - `https://pin.it/*` - `https://www.pin.it/*` - `https://pinterest.app.link/*` - `https://www.pinterest.app.link/*` - `https://snapchat.com/*` - `https://www.snapchat.com/*` - `https://open.spotify.com/*` - `https://www.open.spotify.com/*` - `https://spoti.fi/*` - `https://www.spoti.fi/*` - `https://spotify.link/*` - `https://www.spotify.link/*` - `https://t.me/*` - `https://www.t.me/*` - `https://telegram.me/*` - `https://www.telegram.me/*` - `https://tiktok.com/*` - `https://www.tiktok.com/*` - `https://vm.tiktok.com/*` - `https://www.vm.tiktok.com/*` - `https://vt.tiktok.com/*` - `https://www.vt.tiktok.com/*` - `https://twitch.tv/*` - `https://www.twitch.tv/*` - `https://x.com/*` - `https://www.x.com/*` - `https://twitter.com/*` - `https://www.twitter.com/*` - `https://t.co/*` - `https://www.t.co/*` - `https://walmart.com/*` - `https://www.walmart.com/*` - `https://wa.me/*` - `https://www.wa.me/*` - `https://whatsapp.com/*` - `https://www.whatsapp.com/*` - `https://api.whatsapp.com/*` - `https://www.api.whatsapp.com/*` - `https://wolt.com/*` - `https://www.wolt.com/*` - `https://wolt.link/*` - `https://www.wolt.link/*` - `https://yelp.com/*` - `https://www.yelp.com/*` - `https://yelp.to/*` - `https://www.yelp.to/*` - `https://youtube.com/*` - `https://www.youtube.com/*` - `https://zoom.us/*` - `https://www.zoom.us/*` ### Content script matches - `airbnb.com` - `www.airbnb.com` - `abnb.me` - `www.abnb.me` - `aliexpress.com` - `www.aliexpress.com` - `a.aliexpress.com` - `www.a.aliexpress.com` - `amazon.com` - `www.amazon.com` - `amazon.in` - `www.amazon.in` - `amazon.co.uk` - `www.amazon.co.uk` - `amazon.de` - `www.amazon.de` - `amazon.fr` - `www.amazon.fr` - `amazon.it` - `www.amazon.it` - `amazon.es` - `www.amazon.es` - `amazon.ca` - `www.amazon.ca` - `amazon.co.jp` - `www.amazon.co.jp` - `amazon.com.au` - `www.amazon.com.au` - `amazon.com.mx` - `www.amazon.com.mx` - `amazon.com.br` - `www.amazon.com.br` - `amazon.ae` - `www.amazon.ae` - `amzn.to` - `www.amzn.to` - `amzn.in` - `www.amzn.in` - `amzn.eu` - `www.amzn.eu` - `a.co` - `www.a.co` - `music.apple.com` - `www.music.apple.com` - `itun.es` - `www.itun.es` - `facebook.com` - `www.facebook.com` - `fb.me` - `www.fb.me` - `fb.watch` - `www.fb.watch` - `grubhub.com` - `www.grubhub.com` - `grubhub.app.link` - `www.grubhub.app.link` - `instagram.com` - `www.instagram.com` - `instagr.am` - `www.instagr.am` - `linkedin.com` - `www.linkedin.com` - `lnkd.in` - `www.lnkd.in` - `messenger.com` - `www.messenger.com` - `m.me` - `www.m.me` - `netflix.com` - `www.netflix.com` - `nflx.it` - `www.nflx.it` - `netflix.app.link` - `www.netflix.app.link` - `pinterest.com` - `www.pinterest.com` - `pin.it` - `www.pin.it` - `pinterest.app.link` - `www.pinterest.app.link` - `snapchat.com` - `www.snapchat.com` - `open.spotify.com` - `www.open.spotify.com` - `spoti.fi` - `www.spoti.fi` - `spotify.link` - `www.spotify.link` - `t.me` - `www.t.me` - `telegram.me` - `www.telegram.me` - `tiktok.com` - `www.tiktok.com` - `vm.tiktok.com` - `www.vm.tiktok.com` - `vt.tiktok.com` - `www.vt.tiktok.com` - `twitch.tv` - `www.twitch.tv` - `x.com` - `www.x.com` - `twitter.com` - `www.twitter.com` - `t.co` - `www.t.co` - `walmart.com` - `www.walmart.com` - `wa.me` - `www.wa.me` - `whatsapp.com` - `www.whatsapp.com` - `api.whatsapp.com` - `www.api.whatsapp.com` - `wolt.com` - `www.wolt.com` - `wolt.link` - `www.wolt.link` - `yelp.com` - `www.yelp.com` - `yelp.to` - `www.yelp.to` - `youtube.com` - `www.youtube.com` - `zoom.us` - `www.zoom.us` - `m.youtube.com` ## Safety - **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact - **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood ### Analysis details - Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern. - This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe. > Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. 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