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Bitly | Short links and QR Codes

Chrome extension by Bitly · Lifestyle · Social

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A Chrome extension in Lifestyle · Social with 500 000 users, a widely installed extension.

Specific sites only: 2 match patterns.

What the developer says, and 3 screenshots

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

Users
500 000
Rating
3.7 (1 594 ratings)
Users, last 12 days
unchanged
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
4.5.3
Updated in the store
2026-09-10
Published
2009-12-08
Manifest
V3
Browser access
4 permissions, 2 site patterns

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 31.08
500k · 3 readings
2026-09-11: released 4.5.3
  1. 2026-08-31500k
  2. 2026-09-06500k
  3. 2026-09-11500kreleased 4.5.3
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 3.70 · 3 readings
2026-09-11: released 4.5.3
  1. 2026-08-31reviews1.6krating3.70
  2. 2026-09-06reviews1.6krating3.70
  3. 2026-09-11reviews1.6krating3.70released 4.5.3
Users
unchanged since 31.08
500k · 3 readings
2026-09-11: released 4.5.3
  1. 2026-08-31500k
  2. 2026-09-06500k
  3. 2026-09-11500kreleased 4.5.3
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 3.70 · 3 readings
2026-09-11: released 4.5.3
  1. 2026-08-31reviews1.6krating3.70
  2. 2026-09-06reviews1.6krating3.70
  3. 2026-09-11reviews1.6krating3.70released 4.5.3

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://api-ssl.bitly.com/
  • https://api-ssl.bitly.net/
  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
  • Put data on your clipboard clipboardWrite
  • Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
Show the remaining 1
  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 4.5.3

What changed recently

  1. Package size changed
  2. Released version 4.5.3 (was 4.5.0)

The publisher

Bitly publishes 2 listings we track, 500k users between them. Listed website: bitly.com.

  1. QR Code Generator Bitly · Productivity · Workflow · published 2025-05-15 44 users ★ 5.0

Like this one

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

  1. Blinkode Links Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 4 users
  2. Social Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 7 users ★ 5.0
  3. ShortifyMe | Short Links and QR Codes Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 393 users ★ 4.9
  4. Link Booster Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 27 users ★ 5.0
  5. Shorlix - URL Shortener & QR Code Generator Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 6 users ★ 5.0

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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