# yank

> Yank URL and title of current tab, format to a chosen markup language, and copy to clipboard

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `yank`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Roosta
- **Category:** web-development
- **Daily users:** 21
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-21
- **First published:** 2017-08-14
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/yank/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/roosta/yank#readme](https://github.com/roosta/yank#readme)

## Description

Yank is a Firefox extension that enables users to copy the URL and title of the current tab and format them for a chosen markup language. It provides support for various markup formats and can be accessed through the toolbar, keyboard shortcut, or context menu.

## Rankings

- #24,067 — Overall
- #99 — tank
- #149 — rank

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `contextMenus`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows reading and modifying clipboard content, which can be sensitive, posing a moderate privacy risk.
- 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/yank)