Emoji reactions in Opera
Opera is Chromium underneath, so it takes the Chrome Web Store build. The only difference is the button you press to accept it.
Install it
- Open the Emojery listing on the Chrome Web Store, in Opera.
- Click Add to Opera, and approve the install prompt if Opera asks for confirmation.
- Pin it to the toolbar so the popup is 1 click away. Step by step.
What you get in Opera
| Installs from | Chrome Web Store |
|---|---|
| Reviewed by | Google, before the listing is published and again on every update |
| Opera Add-ons | A listing is on the way. Until it lands, the Chrome Web Store build is the one to use |
| Mobile | Desktop only. On Android, use Firefox or Edge - the Android section of the install page has the full list. |
| 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 listing is reviewed by Google before publication and on every update, and the extension is public under GPL-3.0, so the reviewed package and the readable source are the same thing.
Browser permissions explains each permission it asks for, and privacy lists everything that leaves your browser. Your reaction history is not on that list: it never leaves the browser that made it.
Where the button turns up
Emojery does not add a bar of its own. It finds the row the site already uses for Like, Star, Share or Vote, and puts the emoji button in it, styled to match what is next to it.
On a long feed the buttons arrive as you scroll rather than all at once, which is deliberate: mounting one per post up front is what makes a feed crawl.
Updates arrive through the store
Support for each site is a small piece of code shipped inside the reviewed extension, so a site redesign is fixed by a normal update rather than by anything changing on our servers. What happens when a site redesigns goes through that.
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 Brave
Installing from the Chrome Web Store, and what a browser chosen for privacy should want to know before adding an extension.
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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 Opera
It is the Chrome Web Store build, and it behaves in Opera exactly as it does in Chrome.
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