# Linkify

> Automatically transform pasted URLs into links.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/linkify-magic-links](https://chrome-stats.com/d/linkify-magic-links)

## Overview

- **ID:** `linkify-magic-links`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gary Pendergast
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 30
- **Version:** 25.6.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-06-02
- **First published:** 2017-07-20
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/linkify-magic-links/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/pento/linkify](https://github.com/pento/linkify)

## Description

Linkify is a Firefox add-on that automatically transforms pasted URLs into clickable links. It supports HTML, Markdown, BBcode, Remarkup, and Trac-style links, making it perfect for various link formats. With Linkify, pasting URLs becomes hassle-free and convenient across different platforms.

## Rankings

- #20,431 — Overall
- #138 — transform
- #188 — broken links

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `clipboardRead`

### Host permissions

- `*://*/*`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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/linkify-magic-links)