Character Identifier

Name: Character Identifier
Rating: 4.1667 (6 reviews)
Author: L. David Baron

This extension adds a context menu item for selected text that provides more information (from the Unicode database) about the characters...

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Character Identifier is a Chrome extension that enhances your browsing experience by adding a context menu item whenever you select text. This feature allows you to quickly access detailed information about the selected characters directly from the comprehensive Unicode database.

Ideal for developers, linguists, and Unicode enthusiasts, this extension provides an easy and efficient way to explore character data, making text analysis and character identification straightforward. The extension respects licensing regulations, with Unicode data files licensed under the Unicode license and the extension itself tri-licensed under MPL 1.1, GPL 2.0, and LGPL 2.1.

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Version:

0.2.3 Last updated: 2020-03-14

Version code:

4982182

Creation date:

2006-11-21

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Permissions:

contextMenus

Size:

1.27MB

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Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-16

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# 11,074 ▲ 255

Other rankings

#3 in identify keyword 55

#69 in chart keyword 22 ▲ 4

#73 in database keyword 16 ▲ 1

#130 in license keyword 9 ▲ 2

#180 in item keyword 51 ▲ 8

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Developed by:

L. David Baron

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/character-identifier/

Website:

https://dbaron.org/mozilla/char-identifier/

User Reviews

Please add a column for description like in the Babelstones WhatIsIt search

by un*****, 2025-08-03

Very useful. Loses one star for losing the context menu from time to time. Has to be fixed by deinstalling and reinstalling.

by Da*****, 2025-07-17

by Fi*****, 2025-01-17

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Is Character Identifier Safe?

Risk impact

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Character Identifier does not require any sensitive permissions.

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Risk likelihood

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Character Identifier has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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