YOURLS

Shorten URLs with your own YOURLS instance

What is YOURLS?

YOURLS is a Chrome extension that makes it effortless to shorten URLs straight from Chrome. It integrates with the UI, provides passwordless authentication, and allows for custom keywords for the short URL. The extension can automatically copy the shortened URL to the clipboard, and requires access to data for all websites for functionality. It does not involve any ads, analytics, or tracking.

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By: https://binfalse.de

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Users: 2,000+

Rating: 4.67 (21)

Version: 2.2.2 (Last updated: 2021-03-08)

Creation date: 2018-05-07

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

activeTab
storage
clipboardWrite
contextMenus
http://*/*
https://*/*

Size: 41.90K

Email: ch*****@binfalse.de

URLs: Website

Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 19703 ▼ 37

Other rankings

#11604 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 57 #174 in url shortener keyword 49

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Summary

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Shorten URLs with your own YOURLS instanceYOURLS is free software to create short URLs for websites. It can be installed and run by everyone!

This extension eases the shortening of URLs from Chrome. It integrates into the UI (toolbar button and context menu) and communicates with your own or a public YOURLS instance.

Key features:

passwordless authentication
provide a keyword for the short URL
selected text on the web page to use it as keyword
automatically copy the resulting short URL to your clipboard

Permissions:

Access data for all web sites: The extension needs access to the current website to get the URL and potentially selected text (for keyword suggestions), and the extension needs to access any other URL to communicated with private YOURLS instances.

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Easy to use
Great for people with YOURLS server
Better than using bookmarklets
Not blocked by CSP

Cons

Stopped working on YOURLS 1.8
Invalid response from Server: 1.7.10
Cannot format the output
Shortened link provided with large text on a coloured background

Most mentioned

Easy to use
Works with personal YOURLS server
Need for UI improvements

Recent reviews

thank you very much for your works

대로수, 2022-08-11

Nicely Done! Works great for me, my company has a YOURLs installation we use, this extension made it more convenient to use.

Michael David, 2021-10-20

Simply awesome 👍🏻

Laxmikant S Bhumkar, 2021-07-16

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Safety

Risk impact

YOURLS may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.