# Text Expander

> Easily expand your text with shortcuts.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `text-expander`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Tiago Rangel
- **Daily users:** 76
- **Weekly downloads:** 6
- **Rating:** 1.80 / 5 (5 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2023-06-10
- **First published:** 2023-06-09
- **Size:** 319 KB
- **Data as of:** 2024-03-28
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/text-expander/)
- **Website:** [https://tiagorangel.com](https://tiagorangel.com/)

## Description

Text Expander is a minimal, small text expansion tool for your convenience. It converts shortcuts like '@signature' into anything you like, supporting dates, HTML and more. Everything is based on the original Auto Text Expander.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `<all_urls>`
- `clipboardRead`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension is not longer available in the store

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

## Similar extensions and apps

- [TextExpander](https://chrome-stats.com/d/textexpander) — 8 users
- [SmartText - Text Expander](https://chrome-stats.com/d/smarttext-text-expander) — 6 users
- [Expandify - Text Expander & Snippet Manager](https://chrome-stats.com/d/expandify) — 18 users
- [Auto TextExpandr](https://chrome-stats.com/d/auto-textexpandr)
- [SnapText – Text Expander](https://chrome-stats.com/d/snaptext-text-expander) — 4 users
- [Yet Another Text Expander](https://chrome-stats.com/d/yet-another-text-expander) — 97 users, 5.00 / 5
- [Auto Text Expander](https://chrome-stats.com/d/auto-text-expander) — 1,517 users, 3.33 / 5
- [Web Text Expander](https://chrome-stats.com/d/web-text-expander) — 879 users, 4.20 / 5
- [Titan Text Expander™](https://chrome-stats.com/d/titan-text-expander) — 2 users
- [Smart Text Expander](https://chrome-stats.com/d/smart-text-expander) — 96 users, 2.17 / 5
- [ExpandTXT](https://chrome-stats.com/d/expandtxt) — 1 users
- [SnapType — Text Snippets](https://chrome-stats.com/d/snaptype-text-snippets)

---

Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/text-expander)