# APNG Capturer

> Drag a box on any page and get the next few seconds back as an animated PNG.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/apng-capturer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/apng-capturer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `apng-capturer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** godlings
- **Category:** web-development,photos-music-videos
- **Version:** 0.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-12
- **First published:** 2026-08-09
- **Size:** 25 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/apng-capturer/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/tinam02/apng-capturer](https://github.com/tinam02/apng-capturer)

## Description

Drag a box on any page to capture an animated PNG. Anything a screenshot would catch, this catches moving
<ol><li>Click the toolbar button</li><li>Set how long, how many frames a second, and a scale</li><li><strong>Select area</strong>, then drag a box on the page</li><li>Capture starts the moment you let go, and the file downloads on its own</li></ol>

## Rankings

- #139,408 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `scripting`
- `downloads`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows management of download operations but generally doesn't severely affect security unless misused.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/apng-capturer)