Best alternatives to Open in IE™ (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Open in IE™, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Open in IE™: reviews, users and permissions Best Tools extensions

Open in IE™ today

≈10K users2.9★ from 19 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago4 permissions

Open in IE™ alternatives, compared

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IEability - Open in IE
Runs Internet Explorer (IE) in Chrome with IE Tab mode, supporting legacy websites, Java, ActiveX, Flash and enterprise systems.
≈200K users4.3★ from 162 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago10 permissions
- About 20× more users than Open in IE™
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (10 vs 4)
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Open in VLC™
Easily open desired links in the VLC (VideoLAN) media player!
≈20K users3.5★ from 48 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago4 permissions
- About 2.0× more users than Open in IE™
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OpenIn
Open links directly in OpenIn.
≈1K users5.0★ from 3 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago6 permissions
- About 10× fewer users than Open in IE™
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 4)
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Open in PDF Viewer
Easily open desired links in a PDF viewer.
≈100K users3.2★ from 136 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago5 permissions
- About 10× more users than Open in IE™
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
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Open in new tab
Makes all hyperlinks on the page open as new tabs.
≈2K users4.0★ from 23 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago6 permissions
- About 5.0× fewer users than Open in IE™
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 4)
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Open Browser Use
Open Browser Use Chrome automation extension.
≈3K users5.0★ from 1 ratingUpdated 4 days ago11 permissions
- About 3.3× fewer users than Open in IE™
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (11 vs 4)
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Open Links in New Tab
Ensures all links open in a new tab.
≈10K users2.9★ from 27 ratings2 permissions
- A similar number of users to Open in IE™
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
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Open With Download Manager
Open and download desired links with internet download manager.
≈90K users3.6★ from 324 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago4 permissions
- About 9.0× more users than Open in IE™
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Open In Firefox
Open current tabs, links, pages (or all of them) in firefox
≈20K users2.8★ from 207 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago4 permissions
- About 2.0× more users than Open in IE™
- Updated less recently
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Open in Brave™ Browser
Send the current website, link, or all open tabs to the Brave web browser
≈10K users3.0★ from 23 ratingsUpdated 23 months ago4 permissions
- A similar number of users to Open in IE™
- Updated less recently
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Open in IE™ alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Open in IE™?

By users, the most popular alternative is IEability - Open in IE with ≈200K users and a 4.3-star rating. The closest match by what it does is IEability - Open in IE.

Which Open in IE™ alternative has the best rating?

IEability - Open in IE has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.3 out of 5 from 162 ratings.

Is there a Open in IE™ alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Open Links in New Tab asks for 2 permissions, against 4 for Open in IE™.

How many alternatives to Open in IE™ are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Open in IE™ on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.