# QuickOWL

> Quickly Open Web Links using custom contextmenu with selected text as input

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `quickowl`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Prasanna
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 10
- **Version:** 0.3.8
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-08
- **First published:** 2022-04-26
- **Size:** 134 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/quickowl/)
- **Website:** [https://quickowl.app](https://quickowl.app/)

## Description

QuickOWL is a Firefox browser add-on that enables users to quickly open web links using a custom context menu. It allows users to perform searches and access various web pages with ease. The add-on supports popular web services like Google Scholar, Wikipedia, bug tracking pages, and Google Translate.

## Rankings

- #33,766 — Overall
- #68 — pollution
- #143 — quick
- #206 — input

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `menus`
- `storage`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `downloads`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows management of download operations but generally doesn't severely affect security unless misused.
- 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/quickowl)