Text Link

Name: Text Link
Rating: 4.156 (109 reviews)
Author: Piro (piro_or)

By: Piro (piro_or)

Allows URI texts written in webpages to be loaded by double clicks.

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Features & Capabilities

Text Link is a convenient Chrome extension that empowers users to open unlinked URI texts on webpages with a simple double-click. Normally, users need to manually select, copy, and paste these URI texts into the address bar to visit them — a process that can be tedious and time-consuming, especially on pages rendered with proportional fonts.

With Text Link, this process is streamlined: double-clicking any URI text immediately loads the corresponding webpage, eliminating multiple manual steps. This extension enhances web browsing efficiency by saving time and reducing frustration when interacting with plain-text URLs.

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Version:

6.1.10 Last updated: 2025-06-03

Version code:

5957132

Creation date:

2006-01-24

Risk:

Permissions:

Content scripts matches:

<all_urls>

Size:

128.16KB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-06

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Ranking

# 645 ▲ 5

Other rankings

#53 in Web Development

#94 in Appearance ▲ 1

#14 in broken links keyword 21

#29 in links keyword 37

#37 in loading keyword 25 ▼ 1

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Developed by:

Piro (piro_or)

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/text-link/

Website:

https://github.com/piroor/textlink/issues

User Reviews

Users generally love Text Link for reliably turning text into links and long‑term usefulness. However, multiple reviewers report serious performance and compatibility problems (slow pages, hangs, high CPU, site-specific interference). Many ask for per-site controls, updates, and fixes for iframe/false‑positive issues.

Pros

Widely praised — multiple users say it "just works", calling it perfect/beautiful.
Simple and effective: reliably detects and converts text URIs into clickable links.
Long‑term useful — several reviewers report using it for years.

Cons

Performance issues: several reports of slow page loads, hangs, and very high CPU usage.
Site compatibility problems: causes unresponsiveness or interference on some sites (Google searches, GitHub editing, social media, Gmail).
Limited configuration: users ask for per‑site disable or more options/updates to control behavior.
Compatibility gaps: problems with iframes and occasional false positives that interfere with text selection.

Recent reviews

A lot of regex calls are invoked. This improper implementation causes slowdown loading many webpages.

by Fi*****, 2025-09-01

by il*****, 2025-08-16

This is just so beautiful

by ac*****, 2025-07-08

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Is Text Link Safe?

Risk impact

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Text Link requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

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Text Link has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

Medium This extension has medium user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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