# Instant Smart Quotes

> Replace typewriter quotes, apostrophes, ellipses and dashes with their typographically correct counterparts as you type.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/ism](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ism)

## Overview

- **ID:** `ism`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Rita Skeeter
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 80
- **Rating:** 3.10 / 5 (10 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2022-09-10
- **First published:** 2019-06-15
- **Size:** 25 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ism/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Zemke/instant-smart-quotes/issues](https://github.com/Zemke/instant-smart-quotes/issues)

## Description

Instant Smart Quotes is a powerful Chrome extension designed to automatically replace typewriter quotes, apostrophes, ellipses, and dashes with their typographically correct counterparts as you type. Supporting over 50 languages, it offers swift toggling and language switching directly from the toolbar. The extension saves your settings per page and synchronizes them across all devices, ensuring a seamless writing experience.

Ideal for writers and professionals aiming for polished, beautifully formatted texts, Instant Smart Quotes also respects Markdown formatting by ignoring text enclosed in backticks. It applies specific character replacements based on the selected language while universally correcting common punctuation marks. Powered by extensive research and adherence to recognized punctuation guidelines, this extension brings ease and accuracy to every piece of writing.

## Rankings

- #12,861 — Overall
- #8 — quote
- #31 — smart
- #46 — smartbook
- #52 — smart tool
- #57 — smartphone

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `storage`
- `tabs`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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/ism)