Linkover – preview link info on hover Firefox

Linkover – preview link info on hover

Linkover loads link thumbnail, page title, description and favicon, and shows it all in a nice tooltip on link hover.

Features & Capabilities

Linkover was created as a solution to the problem when some sites truncate long titles of the link titles, putting the obnoxious "..." at the end. In some cases it can totally prevent you from understanding the content of the page without clicking it. It could become especially painful on websites like Google Search and YouTube.

Linkover will load the link in the background, grab the full title and show it as a nice tooltip when you hover the link, while also loading thumbnails and short descriptions for many pages over the internet.

Linkover provides several options to prevent unwanted link loading, including domain blacklist, whitelist, and requirement of modifier key pressed (enabled by default). It can also load link info on long left click instead of on hover.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Manifest V3 Add-on
By:
emvaized
Daily users:
87
Rating:
5.00
(5)
Version:
1.2.6 Last updated: 2024-09-20
Version code:
5811977
Creation date:
2024-09-03
Risk:
Moderate risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:
Content scripts matches:
  • <all_urls>
Size:
136.95KB
Email:
em*****@gmail.com
URLs:
Website
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Firefox Add-ons Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-17
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Contact the developer

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Developed by:
emvaized
Firefox Add-ons Store
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/linkover/
Email:
em*****@gmail.com
Website:
https://github.com/emvaized/linkover-extension/tree/main

Publisher Change History

2024-11-08: ma*****@gmail.com to em*****@gmail.com

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User Reviews

by Ni*****, 2025-06-23

by Fi*****, 2025-05-16

Finally FIXED! On various Firefox forks, hovering the mouse over YouTube links does NOT show the full description. Having to click a link just to read the full description only to find out you weren't interested in the content has been so frustrating with no fix. This Addon is the cure. Thank you so much!
by Fi*****, 2025-01-19
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Is Linkover – preview link info on hover Safe?

Risk impact
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Linkover – preview link info on hover 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
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Linkover – preview link info on hover 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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