Right-Click Search Wikipedia by Chris Hayes
Search Wikipedia by right-clicking selected text. Privacy-focused with minimal permissions.
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About this extension
A lightweight, privacy-respecting Firefox extension for searching Wikipedia.
Features:
- Select any text on a webpage
- Right-click and choose "Search Wikipedia"
- Opens results in a new tab
Privacy & Permissions:
This extension uses only ONE permission (
- Does not access or monitor your browsing activity
- Does not read or modify webpage content
- Only accesses selected text when you explicitly right-click
- No tracking, no analytics, no data collection
Open Source:
Fully open-source under GPU 3.0 license. You can check out the code on Codeberg.
Source code: https://codeberg.org/chris-hayes/right-click-search-wikipedia
Fork Notice:
This is a personal fork of Quick Search Wikipedia, which uses unnecessary extra permissions that give it access to all browser tabs.
Features:
- Select any text on a webpage
- Right-click and choose "Search Wikipedia"
- Opens results in a new tab
Privacy & Permissions:
This extension uses only ONE permission (
menus) and:- Does not access or monitor your browsing activity
- Does not read or modify webpage content
- Only accesses selected text when you explicitly right-click
- No tracking, no analytics, no data collection
Open Source:
Fully open-source under GPU 3.0 license. You can check out the code on Codeberg.
Source code: https://codeberg.org/chris-hayes/right-click-search-wikipedia
Fork Notice:
This is a personal fork of Quick Search Wikipedia, which uses unnecessary extra permissions that give it access to all browser tabs.
This is a fork of an extension by hirschan. I created this fork to remove extra permissions that weren't necessary.
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- Version
- 1.0.3
- Size
- 22.96 KB
- Last updated
- 6 days ago (Apr 29, 2026)
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- MIT License
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