TextCompanion

Name: TextCompanion
Author: Jan Riechers

Browser addon to work on text and link selections. Quickly lookup, translate, search, open links, and text links in background using a optional customizable overlay, or by a configurable context menu.

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Features & Capabilities

Use text-selections to open up a quick, icon filled, menu with various actions. Or use the same opening options from right click menu / context menu.

From the overlay menu, you can:

open Deepl.com to translate the selection
open links in background if links are selected
open text written links in background if selected
lookup at Wiktionary
search at Geizhals.eu price comparison
Google the selection

The overlay menu can be configured and reordered.

Context menu

Use all or custom options from the overlay menu if anything is selected
Quickly open addon settings from context menu

The menu can be configured from within the settings page of the addon as well as the default language for translation and lookup using the language ISO code.

Browser addon to work on text and link selections.

There is a setting to use the "ctrl" (Control) key, if pressed and kept hold to show the overlay menu when making a selection. This is optional and if you do not choose this option, the overlay menu will show after every selection.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Jan Riechers

Daily users:

Version:

0.2.3 Last updated: 2025-01-15

Version code:

5876225

Creation date:

2022-12-31

Risk:

Permissions:

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Content scripts matches:

Size:

56.83KB

Email:

ja*****@dwrox.net

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-14

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 122,937 ▲ 2,483

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Developed by:

Jan Riechers

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/textcompanion/

Email:

ja*****@dwrox.net

Website:

https://github.com/jrie/textcompanion

Permission Change History

2025-01-13: Version 0.1.0 → 0.2.0

Add Host permissions: <all_urls>

Remove Permissions: <all_urls>

2023-02-12: Version 0.0.20 → 0.1.0

Add Permissions: contextMenus

2023-01-05: Version 0.0.7 → 0.0.8

Remove Permissions: tabs

Is TextCompanion Safe?

Risk impact

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TextCompanion requires a few sensitive permissions. 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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TextCompanion is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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