# Canvas Capture

> Capture video from canvas elements

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/canvas-capture](https://chrome-stats.com/d/canvas-capture)

## Overview

- **ID:** `canvas-capture`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Chase
- **Category:** web-development,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 203
- **Weekly downloads:** 6
- **Rating:** 4.38 / 5 (8 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3.1resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-01-30
- **Size:** 221 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/canvas-capture/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/sharmalay/canvas\_capture/issues](https://github.com/sharmalay/canvas_capture/issues)

## Description

Canvas Capture is a powerful Chrome extension designed to record videos directly from HTML canvas elements on any webpage. With a simple click of the extension's toolbar button, users can view all canvas elements on the page, select one, and start capturing its animation in real-time. The recorded video is saved locally in webm format without any need for network access, leveraging the browser's MediaRecorder, MediaStream, and Blob APIs.

This tool is perfect for developers, designers, educators, and anyone interested in saving dynamic visual content from canvas elements. Its user-friendly interface quickly identifies canvas elements and provides easy controls to start and stop recording, generating a downloadable video link immediately after capture.

## Rankings

- #8,150 — Overall
- #13 — capture
- #184 — element
- #184 — scan
- #191 — choice

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `notifications`
- `webNavigation`
- `http://*/`
- `https://*/`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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/canvas-capture)