Emoji reactions in Brave
Brave is chosen by people who read the permissions. This page is written for them: what Emojery sends, what it never sends, and who can check.
Install it
- Open the Emojery listing on the Chrome Web Store, in Brave.
- Click Add to Brave, then confirm.
- Pin it to the toolbar so the popup is 1 click away. Step by step.
What you get in Brave
| Installs from | Chrome Web Store |
|---|---|
| Reviewed by | Google, before the listing is published and again on every update |
| Mobile | Desktop only. On Android, use Firefox or Edge - the Android section of the install page has the full list. |
| Trackers | None. Emojery ships no analytics and no advertising code |
| Private windows | Off until you allow it on the extension's details page. What changes there |
| Price | Free, open source, no ads, no tracking. |
What you are installing
The question Brave trains you to ask is what an extension sends. Emojery sends the address of the page you react on and an install identifier; your sign-in provider hands over an opaque id that is stored only as a one-way scramble, and no name or email is ever requested. Privacy lists all of it, and what it never collects lists the rest.
What is unusual is the part after that: every accepted reaction is written to a public append-only log, and the totals can be re-derived by a separate open-source program that never talks to our servers. You do not have to believe the counts. You can recount them.
Shields has nothing of ours to block: Emojery carries no ad or tracker requests. Its own traffic goes to the API, which is what the permissions page covers.
You can read every count without an account
Counts are public, so the picker shows them to anyone with the extension and no sign-in at all. The provider sign-in is what lets you add to a count, not what lets you see one.
If you only wanted to know how a page landed, you never have to give an address at all.
Decide where it runs
The master switch turns everything off, and Only selected sites gives every supported site its own toggle on top of it. A site switched off gets no picker and nothing is sent for it. How to use both.
Using a different browser?
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Emojery for Chrome
The Chrome Web Store build, what it can do in Chrome, and what it asks for on the way in.
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Emojery for Firefox
The one browser where Emojery also runs on your phone, and what Mozilla's review covers.
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Emojery for Edge
Installing from Microsoft's own add-ons store, and what works on Edge for Android.
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Emojery for Opera
Chrome Web Store now, Opera Add-ons soon, the same extension in both.
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Emojery for Vivaldi
Installing from the Chrome Web Store, what to do if the install button is missing, and the per-site switches Vivaldi users tend to want.
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Emojery for Safari
Not yet, and why: Safari needs its own separate build. What to use on a Mac in the meantime.
Add it to Brave
Everything it sends is written down on the pages above, so there is nothing left to take on trust.
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