external-app-launcher

Name: external-app-launcher
Author: David

By: David

Launch certain URLs with external programs. This can be used to block a set of urls from being loaded, and another set of urls to be forwarded to a remote endpoint. For example, to open youtube urls in an external player.

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Features & Capabilities

This addon has a single function: to forward certain URLs to an external API, which should be in charge of launching an external program. The default configuration will

Block .googlevideo.com/videoplayback (to prevent playback within the browser) Forward https://www.youtube.com/watch?v (for remote playback) There's an example http server packaged with the extension that launches mpv on the urls it receives, it can be extended to handle PDFs, etc. Icon by Freepik from flaticon.com.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

David

Daily users:

18 1

Version:

1.0 Last updated: 2019-10-07

Version code:

4874554

Creation date:

2019-10-06

Risk:

Permissions:

Size:

24.51KB

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-23

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 24,794 ▲ 685

Other rankings

#28 in launch keyword 14 ▲ 3#80 in app keyword 40 ▲ 4#99 in example keyword 35 ▲ 2#120 in apps keyword 50 ▲ 5#174 in program keyword 25 ▲ 13

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Developed by:

David

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/external-app-launcher/

Is external-app-launcher Safe?

Risk impact

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external-app-launcher requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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