# Link Checker fork

> The extension checks all links on a website

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/link-checker-fork](https://chrome-stats.com/d/link-checker-fork)

## Overview

- **ID:** `link-checker-fork`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** hl
- **Category:** web-development
- **Daily users:** 3
- **Version:** 1.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-08
- **First published:** 2026-01-05
- **Size:** 20 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/link-checker-fork/)
- **Website:** [https://git.fsfe.org/hl/simple-link-checker/issues](https://git.fsfe.org/hl/simple-link-checker/issues)

## Description

The extension checks all links on a website and highlights them based on the following categories
- OK
- Redirect
- Fail

It is a fork of <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/simple-link-checker" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/simple-link-checker</a>

Source Code: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/aa9aa80c730a95edff2b319488da3026aa3441f6c4cf0b4b9d364b2c68054240/https%3A//git.fsfe.org/hl/simple-link-checker" rel="nofollow">https://git.fsfe.org/hl/simple-link-checker</a>

Changes:
- OK Links are highlighted in light blue instead of green to help people with red-green vision impairment
- Metadata was updated to work on current Firefox versions and resolve all errors, warnings and notices
- The code was made REUSE compliant for future use, reuse and proper attribution

## Rankings

- #54,277 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/link-checker-fork)