🔗 Links Helper

Open external links in a new tab, open internal links matching the specified rules in a new tab, convert text to hyperlinks, convert image links to image tags(<img>), parse Markdown style links and image tags, parse BBCode style links and image tags

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

Author
Pipecraft
Daily installs
1
Total installs
4,252
Ratings
31 1 0
Version
0.8.7
Created
2023-04-21
Updated
2025-11-27
Size
84.1 KB
License
MIT
Applies to
All sites

🔗 Links Helper

Open external links in a new tab, open internal links matching the specified rules in a new tab, convert text to hyperlinks, convert image links to image tags(<img>), parse Markdown style links and image tags, parse BBCode style links and image tags.

Support all sites includes Google search, Youtube, GitHub, Greasy Fork etc.

  • Open external links in a new tab ✅
  • Enable/Disable userscript per site ✅
  • Setting for url rules, open links matching the specified rules in a new tab ✅
  • Convert text to hyperlinks ✅
  • Convert image links to image tags ✅
  • Parse Markdown style links and image tags ✅
  • Parse BBCode style links and image tags ✅
  • Erase links from the page ✅

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Usages

Examples of rules that open links in a new tab

Site Rules Notes
Youtube ^/watch
^/shorts
Video player page
X (Twitter) ^/\w+$ User profiles
X (Twitter) /status/ Tweets (click the dates links)
Discourse ^/t/ Post page
Discourse ^/u/[^/]+$ User page
Flarum ^/d/ Discussions
GitHub /issues/\d+$ Issue page
V2EX ^/t/\d+ Subject page
V2EX ^/member/[^/]+$ Member page
V2EX ^/settings Settings page
V2EX ^/notifications Notifications
GreasyFork /scripts/[^/]+$ Script page
GreasyFork /discussions/\d+$ Discussion page
General * All links
General !/posts/new
/posts/
Posts pages except new post page (/posts/new)

Other

Compatible with the following userscript managers

  • Tampermonkey (Recommended)
  • Violentmonkey
  • Greasemonkey
  • Userscripts (Safari)

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Release Notes

  • 0.8.x
    • Add setting option to treat subdomains as the same site for the current site
    • Browser extension version supports opening settings
    • Add setting option to open new tab in background, default off
  • 0.7.x
    • Handle discourse, flarum, v2ex topic page same page links
    • Add separate switch setting for whether to parse text links to hyperlinks, V2EX default on, other sites default off
    • Support exclusion rules for internal URL patterns (prefix '!' means exclude)
    • Support setting language, default auto switch according to browser language
  • 0.6.0
    • Support multi-languages
  • 0.5.4
    • Prevent converting image links in file list view
  • 0.5.3
    • Prevent converting links in code viewers, code editors and code diff viewers
  • 0.5.2
    • Fix String.prototype.replaceAll issues
  • 0.5.1 2023.07.24
    • Fix TrustedHTML issues
  • 0.5.0 2023.07.21
    • Erase links from the page
  • 0.4.3 2023.07.10
    • Hide settings button in side menu by default
    • Update settings module
  • 0.4.2 2023.07.07
    • Add setting option for converting image links to image tags
  • 0.4.1 2023.07.04
    • Fix settings style on mobile devices
  • 0.4.0 2023.06.30
    • Update settings module
  • 0.3.5 2023.05.17
    • Fix some edge cases
  • 0.3.4 2023.05.16
    • Parse BBCode style links and image tags
    • Update parsing links logic
  • 0.3.3 2023.05.11
    • Fix parse markdown style text
  • 0.3.2 2023.05.10
    • Parse Markdown style links and image tags
  • 0.3.0 2023.05.10
    • Convert image links to image tags
  • 0.2.0 2023.05.09
    • Convert text to hyperlinks
    • Fix opening internal links in a new tab in SPA apps
  • 0.1.3 2023.05.08
    • Fix compatibility issues on Violentmonkey, Greasemonkey(Firefox), Userscripts(Safari)
  • 0.1.1 2023.04.23
    • Change to run_at: document_start
  • 0.1.0 2023.04.23
    • Setting for url rules, open links matching the specified rules in a new tab
  • 0.0.2 2023.04.22
    • Add settings menu
    • Enable/Disable userscript
    • Enable/Disable current site

License

Copyright (c) 2023 Pipecraft. Licensed under the MIT License.

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