# Copycat

> Gives you the ability to copy any URL beneath your cursor by pressing the Z key on your keyboard, or copy hypertext as plain text by pressing the X key.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/copy\_cat](https://chrome-stats.com/d/copy_cat)

## Overview

- **ID:** `copy_cat`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** makipom
- **Category:** web-development,language-support,tabs
- **Daily users:** 7
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2024-10-23
- **First published:** 2024-10-23
- **Size:** 66 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/copy_cat/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/makipom/copycat](https://github.com/makipom/copycat)

## Description

An extension that allows you to copy any URL with a single press of a button.

・Copy any URL by hovering your mouse cursor over it and pressing the 'Z' key on your keyboard;
・Copy any hypertext as plain text by hovering your mouse cursor over it and pressing the 'X' key on your keyboard;
 ・A sound will play and a notification popup will appear at the bottom of the screen when the copying action was performed successfully;
 ・Supporting English, Chinese (Simplified) and Japanese locales.

## Rankings

- #40,273 — Overall
- #122 — cursors
- #125 — cursor

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## 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_cat)