# Open in Sidebar

> Open a link in the sidebar.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/open\_in\_sidebar](https://chrome-stats.com/d/open_in_sidebar)

## Overview

- **ID:** `open_in_sidebar`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Soushi Atsumi
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 213
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Rating:** 4.74 / 5 (35 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.4
- **Last updated:** 2024-01-27
- **First published:** 2018-05-04
- **Size:** 130 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/open_in_sidebar/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Soushi-Atsumi/Open-in-Sidebar](https://github.com/Soushi-Atsumi/Open-in-Sidebar)

## Description

Open in Sidebar is a simple and practical Chrome extension that lets you open audio, images, links, movies, bookmarks, and tabs directly in a sidebar for quick viewing. With support for automatic HTTP to HTTPS conversion and customizable connection methods, it offers safe and fast access to your content.

Version updates include options to fix protocols and targets, bookmark reading permissions, user agent changes for mobile views, and keyboard shortcuts for speedy sidebar opening. It requires no mandatory permissions, ensuring your privacy. Ideal for users who want efficient link previews without leaving their current tab. Check out the project on [GitHub](https://github.com/Soushi-Atsumi/Open-in-Sidebar).

## Rankings

- #8,054 — Overall
- #26 — sidebar
- #33 — deepseek sidebar
- #61 — openvpn
- #66 — open ai
- #67 — open vpn

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `contextMenus`
- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows the extension to observe and analyze traffic in flight for the selected hosts.
- 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/open_in_sidebar)