Browser extension

The Elido browser extension turns any web page into a one-keystroke short link. It hooks into the same API as the dashboard and the SDK, so anything you shorten through it shows up in your link list immediately.

Install#

Chrome / Brave / Arc — install from the Chrome Web Store.
Edge — install from the Microsoft Edge Add-ons store, or use the Chrome listing (Edge accepts Chrome extensions).
Firefox — install from addons.mozilla.org.

After install, click the Elido icon in the toolbar and sign in. The extension uses the same dashboard auth — no separate password.

Daily use#

Shorten the current page. Click the toolbar icon. The popup pre-fills the page URL and gives you the standard create-link form (slug, tag, folder, custom domain). Hit Enter and the short URL is on your clipboard.

Keyboard shortcut. Default Cmd-Shift-L (Mac) / Ctrl-Shift-L (Windows/Linux). Customise under your browser's extension shortcut settings.

Context menu. Right-click any link on a page and choose Shorten with Elido. The destination is the link target, not the page you're on.

Quick info. Visit any Elido short URL — the extension badge shows total clicks, top country, and a green/red dot for the destination's safety status.

Workspace switcher#

If you belong to multiple workspaces, the popup has a workspace dropdown. The chosen workspace is remembered per browser profile, so a personal profile and a work profile can target different workspaces by default.

Settings#

Click the gear icon in the popup or right-click the toolbar icon → Options:

Default workspace (when multiple).
Default tag and folder applied to new links from the extension.
Default custom domain (or shared free/paid).
Auto-copy to clipboard on create (on by default).
Show desktop notification after create (off by default).

Permissions#

The extension requests:

Active tab — to read the page URL when you click the toolbar icon. We do not read page content.
Storage — to persist your auth and settings inside the browser, not synced anywhere by us.
Clipboard write — to copy the created short URL.

We do not request access to all sites. The active-tab permission only fires when you click the extension explicitly.

Self-hosted Elido#

If you self-host Elido, the extension can point to your instance:

Open the options page.
Under Advanced, paste your API base URL (e.g. https://api.elido.acme.com).
Sign in via your hosted dashboard URL.

Limits#

The extension uses your account's API rate limit. Heavy use (e.g. shortening 100 URLs in a minute from the popup) will hit the same 60 req/min cap as direct API calls on the free tier — upgrade to Pro / Business if you regularly bulk-shorten.

Troubleshooting#

Popup says "Not signed in" after I signed in. Cookies blocked. Allow third-party cookies for elido.app and *.elido.me in your browser's privacy settings. We use SameSite=Lax cookies that only work when third-party cookies are accepted.

Keyboard shortcut doesn't fire. Chrome reserves Cmd-Shift-L for the password manager on some installs. Remap in chrome://extensions/shortcuts.

Created links show up under the wrong workspace. Switch the workspace in the popup dropdown before hitting Enter; the dropdown is sticky after that.

Extension shows "API error 401" out of nowhere. Your dashboard session expired (sessions live ~30 days). Click the popup's Sign in again link.