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Url Shortener for Google Chrome™

Chrome extension by Free Software Help · Productivity · Workflow

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  • Established publisher

A Chrome extension in Productivity · Workflow with 200 000 users, a widely installed extension.

Specific sites only: 2 match patterns.

What the developer says, and 2 screenshots

Loading from the Chrome Web Store. Open the listing if it does not appear.

Users
200 000
Rating
4.3 (1 515 ratings)
Users, last 15 days
unchanged
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
3.0.0
Updated in the store
2023-10-18
Published
2020-03-10
Manifest
V3
Browser access
2 permissions, 2 site patterns

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 01.09
200k · 3 readings
  1. 2026-09-01200k
  2. 2026-09-13200k
  3. 2026-09-15200k
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 4.27 · 3 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews1.5krating4.27
  2. 2026-09-13reviews1.5krating4.27
  3. 2026-09-15reviews1.5krating4.27
Users
unchanged since 01.09
200k · 3 readings
  1. 2026-09-01200k
  2. 2026-09-13200k
  3. 2026-09-15200k
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 4.27 · 3 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews1.5krating4.27
  2. 2026-09-13reviews1.5krating4.27
  3. 2026-09-15reviews1.5krating4.27

A dot marks a day the store showed a different number. Between them the line carries the last one forward: we read every listing more than once a day and record a point only when something moves. History beyond ninety days is in the app.

What it can reach

Specific sites only: 2 match patterns.

  • https://chart.googleapis.com/*
  • https://tinyurl.com/*
  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

What changed recently

Nothing has moved on this listing since we started watching it.

The publisher

Free Software Help publishes 9 listings we track, 561k users between them. Listed website: url-shortener.freebusinessapps.net.

  1. QR Code Reader for Google Chrome™ Free Software Help · Productivity · Workflow · published 2021-01-23 300k users ★ 3.9
  2. Change Timezone for Google Chrome™ Free Software Help · Productivity · Workflow · published 2021-01-16 30k users ★ 3.9
  3. Adblocker for Yahoo Mail™ Free Software Help · Productivity · Workflow · published 2020-03-20 10k users ★ 3.0
Show 5 more from this publisher
  1. Virtual Pets for Google Chrome™ Free Software Help · Lifestyle · Fun · published 2020-01-28 10k users ★ 4.2
  2. Apps Launcher for Google Chrome™ Free Software Help · Productivity · Workflow · published 2021-01-20 6k users ★ 3.9
  3. Adblocker for Gmail™ Free Software Help · Productivity · Tools · published 2020-03-13 3k users ★ 3.1
  4. Blur Background for Google Meet™ Free Software Help · Productivity · Workflow · published 2021-01-12 1k users ★ 3.6
  5. Quick Shortcuts for Google™ Services Free Software Help · Productivity · Workflow · published 2021-01-27 627 users ★ 5.0

Like this one

Listings the catalog judges closest in what they say they do.

  1. URL Shortener for Google Chrome™ — QR Codes & Click Stats Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 8 users ★ 5.0
  2. Minimal Shortener Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 4 users
  3. URL Shortener Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 5 users
  4. Url Shortener for Chrome™ Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 7 users
  5. Url Shortener for Google Chrome™ Describes nearly the same job, with an established audience 20k users ★ 4.2

The top 5 only. The full comparison, with why each one is close, is on the alternatives page; ranking a whole neighbourhood by your own criteria is in the app.

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