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QuickWiki

Extension Delisted

This extension is no longer available in the official store. Delisted on 2025-09-15.

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Status
  • Minor Policy Violation
  • Removed Long Ago
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Description from extension meta

Preview articles on Wikipedia and other wikis - become a wiki power-user!

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QuickWiki
Description from store

UPDATE: Now works with ALL wikis across the web!
UPDATE: Simply press Esc to close the popup. You're welcome :)
FIXED: https support on Wikipedia.
FIXED: support for wikia.com

An extension to preview links to other wiki articles while browsing any wiki. Shift+Left Click on any article link to preview it.

The source code is open and available on GitHub, for anyone looking to hack on it: https://github.com/vickychijwani/quickwiki.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome! Bugs and feature requests should be submitted on GitHub: https://github.com/vickychijwani/quickwiki/issues.

Developed by Vicky Chijwani and Vinay Kola.

Feel free to contact us with feedback:
Email: vickychijwani [at] gmail.com, vinaykola [at] gmail.com
Twitter: @vickychijwani, @vinaykola

Contributors:
- Koustuv Sinha

CHANGE LOG:
v1.1.3
- Works on wikia.com
- Improved window positioning algorithm

v1.1.2
- Works with https

v1.1
- Now works on ANY wiki (not just Wikipedia) in ANY language!
- Added feature to expand preview window for focused browsing in the preview itself
- Interface overhaul
- Bug-fixes

v1.0
- Added minimize feature.
- Added open in new tab feature.
- Added feature to drag the preview window around the page.
- Preview window "intelligently" calculates its position based on the link's length and position on the page.

Latest reviews

Petr Šťastný
Very good extension, exactly what I needed. Supports dragging, minimalizing... It's very good extension, it's worth of downloading!
Adoel Rachman
Curious
Ashwin Raghu
Brilliant! What every single person who uses Wikipedia with any dexterity was absolutely crying out for!