URL Shortener

Shortens URLs with various services.

What is URL Shortener?

URL Shortener is a Chrome extension designed to efficiently reduce the length of URLs. By clicking the extension's button, the URL of the current tab is converted into a shorter version which is then copied to your clipboard. The extension supports a variety of services including anonym.to, goo.gl, is.gd, t1p.de, and tinyurl.com. It requires permissions to access these services, to read the tab's URL, and to copy the shortened URL to the clipboard.

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By: Klaus Eckelt

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Users: 1,000+

Rating: 4.71 (17)

Version: 2.2 (Last updated: 2016-07-11)

Creation date: 2016-07-11

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

http://anonym.to/
https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/
http://is.gd/
https://is.gd/
http://t1p.de/
http://tinyurl.com/
tabs
clipboardWrite
storage

Size: 192.51K

URLs: Website

Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 24030 ▼ 98

Other rankings

#11898 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 26 #13 in url shortener keyword 47 ▼ 1

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Summary

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By clicking the extension's button the URL of the current Tab is used to create a shorter one. The short URL will be displayed and automatically copied to your clipboard.

Services: ‣ anonym.to ‣ goo.gl ‣ is.gd ‣ t1p.de ‣ tinyurl.com:

Permissions: ‣ Access to anonym.to, is.gd, t1p.de, tinyurl.com googleapis.com: To use the services. ‣ Read browsing history: to read the current tab's URL. ‣ Clipboard write to copy the shortened URL.

‣ Extension source code: https://bitbucket.org/keckelt/url-shorten-extension

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Easy and quick to use
Offers multiple URL-shortening services
Option to copy current URL without altering
Clean and minimal UI
Open-source and apache licensed

Cons

Report of Network Error
Lack of 'Title' feature

Most mentioned

Shortens URL efficiently
Simple to use
Multiple URL-shortening services

Recent reviews

Not sure if server is just down; gave me a "Network Error" message, didn't shorten URL.

Roy DR, 2023-12-04

Clean and minimal UI, well explained options, and a shortcut function. 10/10 couldn't ask for more

Bubblegum, 2023-02-15

I have been using it for a long time now I have also installed the extension ..Thank you

kraiton1, 2022-09-01

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Safety

Risk impact

URL Shortener is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install URL Shortener if you trust the publisher.