Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin Firefox

Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin

By: cynber
Instance Assistant is a collection of tools to enhance your browsing experience on Lemmy and Kbin

Features & Capabilities

Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin is a powerful Chrome extension designed to improve your experience on decentralized social media platforms within the Fediverse, such as Lemmy and Kbin. It supports multiple instances and frontends like Alexandrite and Photon, enabling seamless browsing and interaction.

Key features include generating draft posts with autofilled details directly from news sites or images, searching for posts linking to your current page, and finding communities without leaving your browsing window. The extension allows you to redirect to your home instance easily, open links there, and handles error pages with enhanced information and navigation options. With customizable settings, users can switch between multiple home instances and tailor the extension functionalities to their preferences. This tool simplifies managing decentralized social media, helping you connect and participate more efficiently.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Manifest V2 Add-on Social Media Communication
By:
cynber
Daily users:
114
Rating:
4.30
(10)
Version:
1.2.6 Last updated: 2023-10-07
Version code:
5633720
Creation date:
2023-06-19
Risk:
Moderate risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:
Content scripts matches:
  • *
Size:
171.36KB
Email:
9u*****@mozmail.com
URLs:
Website
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Firefox Add-ons Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-20
Compare stats and ranking:

Other platforms

Chrome

Contact the developer

Chrome-Stats does not own this Firefox add-on. Please use these information below to contact the Firefox add-on developer.
Developed by:
cynber
Firefox Add-ons Store
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/lemmy-instance-assistant/
Email:
9u*****@mozmail.com
Website:
https://github.com/cynber/lemmy-instance-assistant

Permission Change History

2023-09-02: Version 1.2.4 → 1.2.5
Add Permissions: scripting
2023-07-11: Version 1.2.0 → 1.2.1
Add Permissions: *://*/c/* *://*/m/* *://*/post/*
2023-07-09: Version 1.1.0 → 1.2.0
Add Permissions: contextMenus
2023-07-01: Version 1.0.0 → 1.0.1
Add Permissions: activeTab
Remove Permissions: webRequest webRequestBlocking https://*/*

User Reviews

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Is Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin Safe?

Risk impact
Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin requires a few sensitive permissions. 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
Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin 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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