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What is Wiki Search?
Wiki Search is an open-source, free productivity tool for Google Chrome. Select a word or phrase on a web page and click the extension icon for a short summary of the relevant Wikipedia page. Click 'read more' for the full page.
Extension stats
By: noahjevon
Rating: 5.00
(1)
Creation date: 2021-05-26
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
Size: 475.14K
Email: co*****@noahjevon.com
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Extension summary
Wiki Search is an open-source, free productivity tool for Google Chrome.
Select a word or phrase on a web page and click the extension icon for a short 500 character summary of the relevant Wikipedia page. If you want to read more about a word or phrase, feel free to click the 'read more' button at the bottom of the extension popup. This will open a new tab with the full Wikipedia page.
Wikipedia page extracts are retrieved from the MediaWiki API.
User reviews
Wonderful little extension!
Extension safety
Risk impact
Wiki Search requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Wiki Search has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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