# HarborDrop

> Intercept downloads and detect web videos to send to HarborDrop app.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `harbordrop`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** hjm79.top
- **Category:** download-management,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 24
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.3.12
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-12
- **First published:** 2026-02-17
- **Size:** 200 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/harbordrop/)
- **Website:** [https://vesslo.top/harbordrop](https://vesslo.top/harbordrop)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/harbordrop/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/harbordrop/privacy/)

## Description

HarborDrop automatically intercepts browser downloads and sends them to the HarborDrop desktop app for faster, more reliable downloading.

Key Features:
- Auto-intercept downloads — Seamlessly redirects browser downloads to HarborDrop app
- Web video detection — Automatically detects MP4, M3U8 (HLS), WebM and other media on any page
- Supports YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, X, Instagram, TikTok and more
- HLS stream quality selection — Choose your preferred quality from available variants
- Download All — Batch-collect all downloadable links on a page (video, audio, documents, images, archives)
- Bypass with Delete key — Hold Delete to let specific downloads go through the browser directly

Requires the HarborDrop macOS app to be installed.

## Rankings

- #22,169 — Overall
- #21 — drop

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `downloads`
- `cookies`
- `contextMenus`
- `nativeMessaging`
- `storage`
- `webNavigation`
- `webRequest`
- `tabs`

### Host permissions

- `*://*/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/harbordrop)