YOURLS shortener

Name: YOURLS shortener
Rating: 4.25 (12 reviews)
Author: Martin Scharm

By: Martin Scharm

Shorten URLs with your own YOURLS instance

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Features & Capabilities

YOURLS Shortener is a versatile Chrome extension that lets you create short URLs using your personal or a public YOURLS instance. It integrates effortlessly into your browser with toolbar and context menu support, allowing quick URL shortening without the need for passwords.

Key features include passwordless authentication, customizable keywords for short URLs (including using selected text as keywords), and automatic copying of the shortened links to your clipboard. This extension requires access to website data for URL and text extraction, and clipboard access to copy shortened URLs. It's an ideal tool for users who want secure, efficient URL shortening with full control over their links.

Learn more and enhance your URL management with YOURLS Shortener, the perfect solution for streamlined link sharing.

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Version:

2.5.2 Last updated: 2021-01-10

Version code:

5162078

Creation date:

2011-06-17

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Size:

32.79KB

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Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-19

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 9,044 ▼ 300

Other rankings

#322 in Bookmarks ▼ 10#6 in url shortener keyword 37

Other platforms

YOURLS (v2.2.2)

1,000 4.70

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Developed by:

Martin Scharm

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/yourls-shortener/

Website:

https://binfalse.de/software/browser-extensions/yourls-firefox-webextension/

User Reviews

Works as expected!

by nu*****, 2026-02-05

Simple add-on that does what it is supposed to do. Great companion with your own YourLS installation. Love it and YourLS even more.

by Wa*****, 2024-09-06

by Se*****, 2022-04-17

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Is YOURLS shortener Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

YOURLS shortener 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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YOURLS shortener has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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