---
title: "kURL – YOURLS Shortener – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "31 users, no ratings yet. Version 2.0.2, updated 2026-10-20. Requests 6 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bkhapbcnncajgoilfennekfegkpbhalk"
---

# kURL – YOURLS Shortener

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 31
- Rating: no ratings yet
- Last checked: 2026-10-21 05:34 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: −2 (-6.1%)
- Rank by users: #102,924 of 289,025 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #35,818 of 114,373

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Shorten, search and manage links from your own YOURLS server directly in your browser.

- Extension ID: `bkhapbcnncajgoilfennekfegkpbhalk`
- Developer: [Gerald Drißner](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u7020ff1eb3a1a5f88ecf439f3ebd77f7)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2025-08-27
- Last updated: 2026-10-20
- Version: `2.0.2`
- Size: 222 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 116
- Languages (9): Deutsch, English, español, français, русский, עברית, العربية, 中文（中国）, 日本語
- Website: `drissner.media`
- Support page: `https://github.com/gerald-drissner/kurl-chrome-extension`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/kurl-%E2%80%93-yourls-shortener/bkhapbcnncajgoilfennekfegkpbhalk>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/bkhapbcnncajgoilfennekfegkpbhalk>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22bkhapbcnncajgoilfennekfegkpbhalk%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-10-21 | 31 | – | – |
| 2026-09-26 | 33 | – | – |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-11-04: Now trusted by Enhanced Safe Browsing.
- 2026-10-21: New version `2.0.2`, replacing `1.0`.
- 2026-10-21: Renamed from “kurl - YOURLS Shortener” to “kURL – YOURLS Shortener”.
- 2026-10-21: The summary on the listing changed.
- 2026-10-21: Added the permissions `activeTab`, `clipboardWrite`, `offscreen`. Removed the permission `tabs`.
- 2026-10-21: Added the optional site `https://*/*`. Removed the optional site `<all_urls>`.
- 2026-10-21: Minimum Chrome version raised from 88 to 116.
- 2026-10-21: The developer's contact email changed.
- 2026-10-21: The developer's website link changed.
- 2026-10-21: The privacy policy link changed.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

- 2026-10-21: The contact email changed. The developer's website link changed. The privacy policy link changed. What it can access changed the same day.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `clipboardWrite`: Change what's in your clipboard
- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `notifications`: Show notifications
- `offscreen`: Open a hidden page for background work
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

### Asked for later, if you agree

- `https://*/*`: Every website

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-10-21 05:34 UTC; next check around 2026-11-22.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “kURL – YOURLS Shortener” (bkhapbcnncajgoilfennekfegkpbhalk). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-21. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bkhapbcnncajgoilfennekfegkpbhalk. Accessed 2026-11-08.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_bkhapbcnncajgoilfennekfegkpbhalk,
  title   = {kURL – YOURLS Shortener (bkhapbcnncajgoilfennekfegkpbhalk)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-21},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bkhapbcnncajgoilfennekfegkpbhalk},
  urldate = {2026-11-08}
}
```

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