Follow Mastodon User

Name: Follow Mastodon User
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Joshka

By: Joshka

Adds an toolbar button that makes it easy to follow Mastodon users on remote servers

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Features & Capabilities

This extension adds a button to the toolbar that will popup a window to follow the Mastodon user on the current page. This is mostly to scratch an itch where some mastodon pages make you have to copy the username, then search for it in your own instance, then click follow there once the search loads.

To use a server other than mastodon.social, go to the settings page and enter the server address including https://, omitting any trailing slash.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Joshka

Daily users:

17 -2

Rating:

5.00

(1)

Version:

1.0 Last updated: 2023-03-10

Version code:

5537354

Creation date:

2022-11-07

Risk:

Permissions:

Size:

19.73KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-10

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 25,277 ▼ 1,261

Other rankings

#92 in todo keyword 10 ▼ 3

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Developed by:

Joshka

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/follow-mastodon-user/

Website:

https://github.com/joshka/follow-mastodon-user-webextension

Permission Change History

2023-03-10: Version 0.0.2 → 1.0

Add Permissions: <all_urls> tabs identity

User Reviews

by 远离*****, 2025-04-12

by 天灭*****, 2025-03-19

This is just what I wanted. I was using Mastodon Simplified Federation, but I didn't trust it. It used unnecessary permissions and I didn't trust the fact that it added its own class to the <body> of every page I visited.

by Je*****, 2023-01-12

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Is Follow Mastodon User Safe?

Risk impact

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Follow Mastodon User requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. 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

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Follow Mastodon User has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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