Webshot for Firefox
Webshot works on Firefox: full-page screenshots, text extraction, the editor, and screen recording with your camera and microphone, all free and saved on your device. A few recording options that Firefox does not allow extensions to use are missing, and this page lists exactly what works and what does not.
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Install from the Firefox Add-ons
- Open the listing on Firefox Add-ons. Use the button above. Look for the add-on id [email protected] on the listing's version page if you want to confirm it is the signed build from Betterlogic.
- Click Add, then Add again in the prompt. Firefox names the permissions in the prompt: access to downloads, storage, the active tab and the context menu. It does not ask for screen or camera access at install; those are granted per recording.
- Allow the toolbar button. Firefox may offer to pin Webshot to the toolbar straight away. If it lands in the extensions panel instead, open that panel, right-click Webshot and choose Pin to Toolbar.
- Check the version. Webshot needs Firefox 128 or later, including ESR 128. Older releases will not show the listing as installable.
How Webshot works in Firefox
Full-page, area and element screenshots
The Capture tab is the same on Firefox as everywhere else. Full page scrolls and stitches, selected area and element capture work on any normal page, and the delayed capture countdown is there for menus that close when you click away.
Desktop Screenshot has one extra step: Firefox shows a Start Capture button first, then its own screen picker.
Extract Text runs in-process
Select any part of a page and Webshot copies the text it finds, ready to paste. Recognition happens on your computer, so it works offline and nothing is sent anywhere.
Desktop recording through the recorder tab
Choose Desktop and Firefox asks which screen or window to share. While you record, Webshot keeps a small pinned tab open; that tab is where the recording is written. Leave it alone and it closes by itself once the file is saved.
No This Tab recording
Firefox does not let extensions record a single tab, so the Record tab does not offer This Tab. To record one page, pick Desktop and choose your Firefox window when asked what to share.
No custom-region recording
Drawing a box to record only part of a page is not available on Firefox either. Record the desktop and crop the finished video in the editor instead.
Camera-only recording
Webcam-only clips record as on Chromium, with microphone audio and the same editor afterwards.
Camera bubble as an in-page overlay
Turn the camera on and your face appears as a movable bubble over the page, composited into the recording. The one Chromium extra Firefox lacks is picture-in-picture: on a whole-monitor recording Chromium can pop the bubble into a floating window that stays visible outside the browser, and Firefox has no PiP API for that.
Microphone narration
Pick the input in the popup. Firefox asks for microphone permission the first time; allow it and it is remembered for the recorder tab.
No tab or system audio
Firefox does not let extensions capture the sound of a tab or of your computer, so a Firefox recording carries your microphone only. If you need the sound of the page in the video, play it through speakers the microphone can hear.
Auto Zoom
Turn on Auto Zoom before you start a desktop recording and Webshot notes where you click. When you open the recording in the editor, it zooms in on each click and eases back out, so small buttons and menus stay readable.
Everything else, in Firefox
Questions about Webshot on Firefox
Why does Firefox have fewer recording options?
Firefox offers extensions a smaller set of recording features than Chrome, Edge and Brave, so Webshot ships a version built for it. It asks for fewer permissions: storage, downloads, the active tab and the right-click menu.
Does Webshot work on Firefox for Android?
No. Webshot is a desktop extension. Android Firefox has no screen recording APIs for add-ons and the popup is built for a desktop window.
What format do Firefox recordings save in?
WebM, which every modern player and video editor opens. If a client insists on MP4, any free converter such as HandBrake takes WebM in.
What data does the add-on collect?
None by default. The listing on Firefox Add-ons declares no required data collection. The one optional item is website content, which only applies if you choose to upload a screenshot to get a shareable link.
Will tab recording come to Firefox later?
Only if Firefox adds an API for it. There is no way for an extension to capture a tab's pixels and audio on Gecko today, so it is not a matter of Webshot catching up.
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