# Ask for Container

> Prompts to select or create a container when opening external links

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/ask-for-container](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ask-for-container)

## Overview

- **ID:** `ask-for-container`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Finn Birich
- **Category:** privacy-security,tabs
- **Daily users:** 6
- **Version:** 1.1.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-26
- **First published:** 2026-01-23
- **Size:** 21 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ask-for-container/)

## Description

When you click a link from an external application (email client, chat app, messaging app, etc.), Ask for Container intercepts the request and displays a popup window where you can:

• Select an existing container to open the link in
• Create a new container with custom name, color, and icon
• Open the link without any container
• Cancel and close the link

This helps you maintain privacy and separate your browsing contexts by ensuring external links are opened in the appropriate container. Perfect for users who use Multi-Account Containers to separate work, personal, shopping, and other browsing activities.

Requires Firefox 140+.

Source code is availiable at: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/b209ca4dbb38e084ec31d379f6f21122bca2f735ceaacbaf8e1597ed65017b1c/https%3A//github.com/intisy/ask-for-container" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/intisy/ask-for-container</a>

## Rankings

- #42,683 — Overall
- #91 — contain
- #224 — contact

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextualIdentities`
- `cookies`
- `tabs`
- `webNavigation`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `<all_urls>`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** 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.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ask-for-container)