# Copy Text Link

> Copy the text of links without having to select it.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/copy-text-link](https://chrome-stats.com/d/copy-text-link)

## Overview

- **ID:** `copy-text-link`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Zatsune Sakurako
- **Category:** web-development,search-tools
- **Daily users:** 69
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Rating:** 4.20 / 5 (20 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-22
- **First published:** 2017-02-19
- **Size:** 56 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/copy-text-link/)

## Description

Copy Text Link is a Free and Open-Source Chrome extension that copies the visible text of links directly to your clipboard, without requiring you to select the text. It uses the OnClickData.linkText API and falls back to copying the URL if a link has no text. If a copy operation fails, it shows a notification.

This project is Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) with the source code available on GitHub. It does not collect or store data, and there is no tracking in the code.

## Rankings

- #13,933 — Overall
- #152 — links
- #218 — speech to text
- #235 — broken links

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `notifications`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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/copy-text-link)