Explain and Send Screenshots

Name: Explain and Send Screenshots
Rating: 3.9394 (33 reviews)
Author: Jason Savard

Capture or record a video of your screen, write text or arrows and share it. The safest extension with NO crazy permissions!

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Features & Capabilities

Explain & Send Screenshots provides a quick, clean interface to capture screenshots or record your screen, then annotate with arrows, shapes, blur, crop, and text before sharing or saving.

It emphasizes privacy, with no invasive permissions, locally performs AI background removal, supports Google Drive saving, right-click captures, and keyboard shortcuts to speed up your workflow.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Version:

19.0.11 Last updated: 2026-02-09

Version code:

6145543

Creation date:

2016-08-05

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Size:

388.21KB

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Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-20

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Ranking

# 4,175 ▼ 26

Other rankings

#14 in screenshots keyword 77

#25 in greenshot keyword 54

#34 in arrow keyword 15

#41 in screenshot keyword 83

#51 in screen keyword 88

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Other platforms

Explain and Send Screenshots (v22.1.2)

100,000 4.23

(1,157)

Explain and Send Screenshots (v19.0.11)

41,618 4.20

(20)

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Developed by:

Jason Savard

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/explain-and-send-screenshots/

Website:

https://jasonsavard.com/forum/categories/explain-and-send-screenshots

Permission Change History

2025-02-12: Version 13.3 → 17.0.1

Add Permissions: contextMenus scripting

Remove Permissions: menus <all_urls>

Add Optional permissions: downloads

2023-03-01: Version 11.11 → 12.1

Add Permissions: alarms

User Reviews

Users appreciate the add-on for being free, easy to use, and feature-rich with editing tools and direct image uploading. However, multiple reviewers raise concerns about the required broad permissions on Firefox that affect trust, functionality issues including incomplete full-page captures especially with overlays, and inconsistencies compared to the Chrome version. Some note watermark limitations and lack of icon customization. Overall, it is a useful tool but has notable drawbacks that affect usability and security perceptions.

Pros

Free and easy to use with a user-friendly interface
Provides options to edit and annotate screenshots, combining multiple features in one add-on
Offers direct links to uploaded images without unnecessary banners
Compatible with some Firefox variants like Waterfox Classic
Frequently updated and actively used by users

Cons

Requires broad web access permissions on Firefox raising security concerns
Limited or ineffective full-page screenshot capability, especially with overlays
Inconsistent functionality on Firefox compared to Chrome, such as failure to copy links to clipboard or capture selected areas
Some users report watermarking or paywall limitations making images unusable
Icon customization is not supported

Recent reviews

Upon evaluating this tool, I have identified the following pros and cons: Pros: - The tool is free of charge. - It is user-friendly. Is it up to par with my standards? Yes, it meets my requirements. Cons: - The inability to customize or change the extension icon led to a 4 out of 5 star rating. In conclusion, I recommend this tool to individuals seeking a satisfactory solution.

by iS*****, 2024-10-08

Paywalled extension, leaves watermark which makes your picture unusable. Asks for donations.

by No*****, 2023-12-09

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Is Explain and Send Screenshots Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Explain and Send Screenshots requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Medium Enables sending notifications which can be spammed but have minimal direct security impact.

Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Explain and Send Screenshots is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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