Plain Text Linker

Opens plain text URLs when you double-click on them.

What is Plain Text Linker?

'Plain Text Linker' is a convenient Chrome extension that simplifies your web browsing. By double-clicking on a plain text, this tool identifies if it's a URL and automatically opens it. Although further maintenance has been discontinued, it remains available for download and usage. Its original source is freely accessible for potential improvements or modifications by other developers.

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By: Marnes

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 3,000+

Rating: 3.96 (27)

Version: 2.5.3 (Last updated: 2023-06-26)

Creation date: 2019-03-10

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

storage
notifications
<all_urls>

Size: 118.78K

Email: le*****@mailbox.org

URLs: Website

Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 17093 ▼ 153

Other rankings

#11304 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 8

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Summary

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This extension won't be maintained further. I'm shelving this project due to lack of interest/utility and too much burden. The addon will remain available for download as long as the store allows, and the source on gitlab (https://gitlab.com/Marnes-group/webextensions) will also remain available to fork. I do have a greasyfork account (https://greasyfork.org/en/users/18593-marnes) and may publish works there in the future. I have mild intentions to reimplement the core functionality of CSL, IBCP, and DID as public userscripts.

Also available for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/plain-text-linker/

When you double-click on a piece of plain text, Plain Text Linker tries to determine if what you clicked could be a URL and tries to open it.

Please check the linked homepage for more complete information. Issues can be filed on the linked support site.

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Works exactly as promised
Very useful for accessing lists of links from flat text documents
Great for translating words with double-click

Cons

Access to browsing history required
Doesn't work on links within parentheses or with periods right after them
Doesn't work on some browsers

Most mentioned

Works great
Access to browsing history
Works as advertised
Useful extension
Doesn't work

Recent reviews

GREAT!! Work exactly like I wanted.

FIQKY FADZAN, 2024-03-30

Sadly it won't work on links in instagram post descriptions.

Bruce Bates, 2023-04-09

I love it. It's very nice for when accessing a list of links from sites like GitHub in raw view, where it's a flat text document. I wish that it would somehow alter the page to underline all links so they stand out more, and if there was a way to single-click the link rather than double-clicking it.

Jesse Peden, 2022-09-08

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Safety

Risk impact

Plain Text Linker may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.