Best alternatives to Open in MS Edge™ (2026)
9 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Open in MS Edge™, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Open in MS Edge™ alternatives, compared
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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- About 2.0× fewer users than Open in MS Edge™
- Rated 0.8 stars lower
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Open in Chromium Browser
Open the current tab or all tabs in Chromium browser or send links to Chromium from right-click context menu.
≈5K users4.2★ from 13 ratingsUpdated 12 months ago4 permissions- About 4.0× fewer users than Open in MS Edge™
- Updated more recently
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Open Excel
AI Excel viewer & editor. Open .xlsx/.xls/.csv files in browser, edit and save locally. AI tools for formulas and data cleaning.
≈10K users5.0★ from 12 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago7 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Open in MS Edge™
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 4)
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Open in Google Maps
Real Estate plugin for Chrome. Users can open selected addresses in Google Maps directly from the same page.
≈10K users4.3★ from 43 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago2 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Open in MS Edge™
- Rated 0.4 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
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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- A similar number of users to Open in MS Edge™
- Rated 1.1 stars lower
- Updated more recently
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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 10× fewer users than Open in MS Edge™
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 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- A similar number of users to Open in MS Edge™
- Rated 0.3 stars lower
- Updated more recently
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Open in IE™
Open links in IE (Internet Explorer)
≈10K users2.9★ from 19 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago4 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Open in MS Edge™
- Updated more recently
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Open Browser Use
Open Browser Use Chrome automation extension.
≈3K users5.0★ from 1 ratingUpdated 4 days ago11 permissions- About 6.7× fewer users than Open in MS Edge™
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (11 vs 4)
Open in MS Edge™ alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Open in MS Edge™?
By users, the most popular alternative is Open In Firefox with ≈20K users and a 2.8-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Open in Brave™ Browser.
Which Open in MS Edge™ alternative has the best rating?
Open In Firefox has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 2.8 out of 5 from 207 ratings.
Is there a Open in MS Edge™ alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Open in Google Maps asks for 2 permissions, against 4 for Open in MS Edge™.
How many alternatives to Open in MS Edge™ are there?
We list 9 close alternatives to Open in MS Edge™ 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.