# Link Tools

> Copy and visit altered versions of links and page addresses

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `link-tools`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Daniel Dawson
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 6
- **Rating:** 4.67 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.12.4
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-18
- **First published:** 2018-04-18
- **Size:** 55 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/link-tools/)
- **Website:** [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ddawson-addonssupport](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ddawson-addonssupport)

## Description

Link Tools is a Firefox add-on that allows users to manipulate links in various ways. It provides features like altering links, extracting identifiers, and converting between desktop and mobile links. Users can also add their own operations and decode embedded links.

## Rankings

- #40,119 — Overall
- #135 — hesitate
- #205 — bitcoin
- #215 — tools

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `activeTab`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `menus`
- `storage`

### 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/link-tools)