WikiLens

Name: WikiLens
Author: buak

Select text on any page to instantly preview the matching Wikipedia article with an image and snippet.

As of July 2026, WikiLens has — users in the Productivity category.

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Version

1.0.0

Manifest V3

History

1 snapshots

Tracking since Jul 7, 2026.

Not enough history yet for this metric — the chart fills in as we collect more snapshots.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Jul 7, 2026	—	—	—	1.0.0
Now	—	—	—	1.0.0

Permissions & access

Permissions: storage
Host access: https://*.wikipedia.org/*

Screenshots

About

WikiLens turns every page into an encyclopedia. Select any text, if it's the exact title of a Wikipedia article, a small popup appears right where you are, with the article's image, its full first paragraph, and a link to read the rest on Wikipedia.

Exact by default: previews appear only when your selection is precisely an article title, so the popup never gets in your way. Prefer looser matching? One switch also resolves redirects like "USA" → "United States".
23 languages: point WikiLens at any major Wikipedia edition.
Yours to shape: three popup sizes, light and dark themes.
Private by design: your selection travels to Wikipedia's API and nowhere else. No analytics, no tracking, no accounts. Open source.

Technical

Version: 1.0.0
Manifest: V3
Size: 27.54KiB
Min Chrome: 88
Languages: 1
Featured: No

Metadata

ID: ipjonmoniljhdbjdplfcocdfjlbifcck
Developer ID: u2dfe5d82505ebe4f591f673b7e531623
Developer Email: [email protected]
Created: Jul 6, 2026
Last Updated (Store): Jul 6, 2026
Last Scraped: Jul 7, 2026
Website: —
Support URL: https://github.com/Ville-Mattila/wikilens
Privacy Policy: https://github.com/Ville-Mattila/wikilens/blob/main/PRIVACY.md

Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jul 7, 2026.