# Survol

> Survol saves you tabs and time by previewing every link you hover

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `survol`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** mdolr
- **Category:** tabs
- **Daily users:** 42
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 3.17 / 5 (6 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.6.0
- **Last updated:** 2020-10-17
- **First published:** 2020-10-07
- **Size:** 553 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/survol/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/mdolr/survol/issues](https://github.com/mdolr/survol/issues)

## Description

Survol is a powerful open-source Chrome extension designed to save you tabs and time by previewing each link you hover over. It intelligently fetches data using APIs or falls back on meta-data when APIs are unavailable, offering instant insights without needing to open new tabs. This seamless preview functionality enhances your browsing efficiency and simplifies link exploration.

Discover the code and contribute on the official GitHub repository: [Survol on GitHub](https://github.com/mdolr/survol). Survol is an ideal tool for users looking to streamline their web navigation experience with quick, on-the-fly link previews.

## Rankings

- #17,326 — Overall
- #243 — hover

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `https://*/*`
- `http://*/*`
- `file:///*`
- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `unlimitedStorage`

### Content script matches

- `*`
- ``

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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/survol)