# Hover Image Downloader

> Hover over image or video content and press a customisable hotkey to instantly download it to your Downloads folder. Configurable save subfolder, and a dark mode popup.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/hover-image-downloader](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hover-image-downloader)

## Overview

- **ID:** `hover-image-downloader`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** kirimimi
- **Category:** download-management,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 6
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-24
- **First published:** 2026-03-21
- **Size:** 17 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hover-image-downloader/)

## Description

Version 1.0
Initial release.
<ul><li>Hover over any image on any webpage and press a hotkey to instantly download it</li><li>Automatically resolves the highest-resolution version of images via srcset and common data-* attributes</li><li>Works through overlay elements on sites like Instagram</li><li>Supports mp4, webm, mov and other video formats via &lt;viddeo&gt; elements</li><li>Detects thumbnail images linked to video files and downloads the videofile instead. Especially useful on imageboards and forums.</li><li>Customisable hotkey — choose any combination of Shift, Ctrl, Alt + a key</li><li>Configurable save subfolder within your Downloads directory</li><li>Dark mode toggle</li></ul>

## Rankings

- #42,085 — Overall
- #31 — hover

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

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

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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/hover-image-downloader)