Browser extension

The Elido browser extension brings shortening into the tab you are already on. Open the popup, paste a URL, get a short link on your clipboard. Or right-click any link and shorten it inline. The extension icon shows a live click count on your most recent link.

Built on Manifest V3, packaged with wxt , tested on Chrome / Edge / Brave / Arc / Firefox.

What it does

Paste-to-shorten popup. Click the extension icon → paste URL → the short link lands on your clipboard with one keystroke.
Context menu. Right-click any link or selected URL anywhere on the page; the “Shorten with Elido” entry registers a short link and copies it.
Click-count badge. The toolbar icon shows the live click count on the most recently created link, polled every 60 seconds.
OAuth2 PKCE. No long-lived API tokens stored in the extension; authentication runs through Ory Hydra with a refresh token in chrome.storage.local (per device, never roams across the sync container).
Full i18n. Popup and options pages localized to ten languages (en, ua, ru, de, fr, es, pt, it, pl, ja) — Chrome auto-picks based on the user’s browser locale.
Self-hosted-friendly. The API origin is configurable in the options page. Point it at your self-hosted api-core and the extension routes traffic there.

Install (today)

The extension source lives in apps/extension/ of the elidoapp/elido monorepo. Production store builds are pending Chrome Web Store / Firefox Add-ons review (the listing copy and screenshots are queued — see ADR-0028 for the architecture). Until those land, install the dev build locally:


git clone https://github.com/elidoapp/elido.git
cd elido
pnpm install
pnpm --filter @elido/extension build:chrome   # or build:firefox

pnpm --filter @elido/extension build:chrome writes a Manifest V3 bundle to apps/extension/.output/chrome-mv3/.

Chromium browsers (Chrome / Edge / Brave / Arc)

Open chrome://extensions.
Toggle Developer mode on (top-right).
Click Load unpacked.
Select apps/extension/.output/chrome-mv3/.

Firefox

Run pnpm --filter @elido/extension build:firefox.
Open about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox.
Click Load Temporary Add-on.
Pick apps/extension/.output/firefox-mv2/manifest.json.

Firefox unloads temporary add-ons on browser restart — for day-to-day use, sign the build with web-ext or wait for the AMO listing.

First-run setup

On first open the extension shows the options page. Choose one of:

Workspace API token — paste an ek_… key from Dashboard → API keys . Easiest path; the token sits in chrome.storage.sync so it follows the user’s Chrome sync container.
OAuth2 PKCE — click Sign in with Elido. A browser popup opens against https://hydra.elido.app, the user signs in with Kratos, and the extension stores a refresh token (in chrome.storage.local) plus a short-lived access token in memory. Recommended for shared / managed devices — no long-lived secret on disk.

Configuration

The options page exposes:

Setting	Default	Notes
API origin	`https://api.elido.app`	Point at your self-hosted `api-core` for self-hosted Elido.
Default workspace	First in your account	Used when the popup or context menu shortens.
Default redirect domain	First active domain	Per-workspace setting; populated from `/v1/workspaces/{id}/domains`.
Click-count poll interval	60s	Lower bound is 30s to stay polite to api-core.

Privacy posture

The extension fires zero telemetry, embeds no third-party scripts, and the only network call it makes is to the API origin you configure. The token / refresh-token storage layout is documented in the Trust Center under “Browser extension — data scope”. Manifest permissions are scoped to the minimum the popup flows need (activeTab, contextMenus, storage, notifications, clipboardWrite, offscreen for service-worker clipboard writes, and identity for the OAuth2 redirect URL).

Roadmap

The MV3 surface is feature-complete; the queued items are distribution-side, not feature-side:

Chrome Web Store + Firefox AMO listings.
Edge Add-ons listing (mirrors the Chrome bundle).
Auto-update channel signed by an Elido-controlled key.

Follow the changelog for the store-listing release.

Source

Code: apps/extension/
Architecture rationale: ADR-0028
Build target: Manifest V3, packaged with wxt