# Open…

> Open any file URL (link or text) with Kitware online viewers such as Glance, VolView or with desktop 3D Slicer with a right click.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `kitware-open`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Julien Finet
- **Category:** download-management,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Version:** 1.0.4
- **Last updated:** 2023-03-05
- **First published:** 2023-02-01
- **Size:** 2.44 MB
- **Data as of:** 2023-03-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/kitware-open/)
- **Website:** [https://www.kitware.eu](https://www.kitware.eu/)

## Description

Cross-browser extension that lets you conveniently open URLs with Kitware online viewers such as Glance, VTK.js or itk-vtk-viewer. It can also open 🖥️ desktop viewers such as 3D Slicer.

The following 💻 online viewers are supported:
 - [Kitware Glance](<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/e1066cf7a365ad4dd1113f5019b380d1b41c77cf74382649826730183f39fb62/https%3A//kitware.github.io/glance/" rel="nofollow">https://kitware.github.io/glance/</a>)
 - [Kitware VolView](<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/3daffe817cc390416aecb38a2c953027b184f1959170751e1a049534afa35d24/https%3A//volview.kitware.com/" rel="nofollow">https://volview.kitware.com/</a>)
 - [itk-vtk-viewer](<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/87dc966eb67bd8d824784c67ffdca5bb8a36ea51cd0c3c39ac7b339048b4a591/https%3A//kitware.github.io/itk-vtk-viewer/docs/" rel="nofollow">https://kitware.github.io/itk-vtk-viewer/docs/</a>)
 - [VTK.js viewer examples](<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/81f307798ebbd519d5ac459b40ba9381939cbea0f4d074b3aadce629a6ce2278/https%3A//kitware.github.io/vtk-js/examples/" rel="nofollow">https://kitware.github.io/vtk-js/examples/</a>)

The following 🖥️ desktop viewers are supported:
 - [3D Slicer](<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/f777495759578912c24ac715332ab95ed7a9cc8fc1ff1190a4519baf13bb5f9d/https%3A//www.slicer.org/" rel="nofollow">https://www.slicer.org/</a>)

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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 is not longer available in the store

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/kitware-open)