# languageBeast

> Hold 'h' for russian, 'e' for greek, 'n' for japanese, and 'l' for english. Press 'x' for the last letter of the japanese alphabet.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `languagebeast`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** OJ Haugen
- **Category:** search-tools,language-support
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Version:** 1.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-25
- **First published:** 2026-05-22
- **Size:** 114 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/languagebeast/)
- **Website:** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1klKvP-uHYFmufaIWXQXTsztFuy2AT8MGyIcj2C9WpII](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1klKvP-uHYFmufaIWXQXTsztFuy2AT8MGyIcj2C9WpII)

## Description

This app allows one to transition between different alphabets in a novel way, and, for the japanese alphabet in particular, is very efficient. Disclaimer: the app only works for certain websites, those that use 'input' and 'textarea' HTML-elements for their textual-UI. The good news is that this means that <em>languageBeast</em> works for most search engine and translation engine web-apps.

## Rankings

- #97,676 — Overall
- #245 — language

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `scripting`

### Content script matches

- `<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 has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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