# LinkLooker

> Previews links using ChatGPT when you hover over them. To use it, hover the cursor over a link and press shift! It'll pop up a handy little summary of whatever's on the other side of the link.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `linklooker`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Tsuni
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Version:** 1.1.7
- **Last updated:** 2024-11-29
- **First published:** 2024-05-26
- **Size:** 374 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/linklooker/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/TetraTsunami/linklooker](https://github.com/TetraTsunami/linklooker)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/linklooker/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/linklooker/privacy/)

## Description

This is a browser extension inspired by the hover-to-summarize-link features of some browsers. To use it, hover the cursor over a link and press shift! It'll pop up a handy little summary of whatever's on the other side of the link.

It grabs the title, publisher-provided description, and cover image using HTML tags on the targeted page and displays them. If you configure an API key in the options menu, it can also send part of the page content to an OpenAI endpoint for further summary.

Note that the AI endpoint is not free! If you configure an API key, this extension will use it, and this will cost you money! In addition, this extension only supports direct page links. PDFs, URI anchors, and other shenanigans are not supported. Some sites, especially social media sites, may be incompatible with the parsing methods used.

## Rankings

- #134,656 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `https://*/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate 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/linklooker)