# qWiki

> Quick lookup in Wikipedia with alt + click

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `qwiki`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Daniel Wienzek
- **Category:** search-tools,appearance,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 7
- **Version:** 0.0.11
- **Last updated:** 2023-12-26
- **First published:** 2017-03-16
- **Size:** 68 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/qwiki/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/dawigit/qwiki](https://github.com/dawigit/qwiki)

## Description

qWiki is a Firefox add-on that enables users to quickly search for information in Wikipedia by simply clicking with the alt key. It provides options to receive complete or short article summaries, overview tables, and allows customization of language, key combinations, and mouse buttons. With qWiki, users can effortlessly access Wikipedia without the hassle of opening new tabs or relying on mouse cursor searches.

## Rankings

- #39,096 — Overall
- #94 — wiki
- #196 — wikipedia
- #207 — lookup

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `*://*.wikipedia.org/*`
- `*://*.wiktionary.org/*`
- `*://*.wikimedia.org/*`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High 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/qwiki)