# Mimik: Step-by-Step Guides & Tutorials

> Record any browser workflow as a step-by-step guide. Edit, voice-narrate, export to video, PDF or DOCX. Local-first, open source.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `mimik`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Westpoint
- **Category:** web-development,privacy-security,language-support
- **Daily users:** 123
- **Weekly downloads:** 28
- **Rating:** 4.86 / 5 (7 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-25
- **First published:** 2026-04-21
- **Size:** 1.62 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/mimik/)
- **Website:** [https://mimik.westpoint.io](https://mimik.westpoint.io/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/mimik/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/mimik/privacy/)

## Description

Mimik turns any browser workflow into a step-by-step guide with annotated screenshots. Automatic capture, no manual work.

Click "Record," do the thing, and stop. Mimik captures each click and keystroke as a step. Each step has a screenshot, the element you clicked, and a description. Edit, replay, or export.

Features
- Auto-capture clicks, typing, and navigation. No more writing steps by hand.
- Annotated screenshots highlight what you clicked. No cropping, no arrow tools.
- Narrate out loud while you record. Mimik turns what you said into the step descriptions.
- Optional AI step descriptions and titles (OpenAI or Anthropic)
- Rewrite any step with AI, inline, without leaving the editor.
- Edit screenshots: crop, annotate, and redact before you share.
- Add headings, notes, and images between steps to shape the guide.
- Replay any guide on a live page. Use it for onboarding or step-by-step training.
- Export to video, PDF, DOCX, HTML, or Markdown. Files are self-contained, ready to share anywhere.
- Smart Blur hides emails, phone numbers, and card data before sharing.

Private by design
- Local by default. Guides, screenshots, and recordings stay in your browser. Nothing is sent to a Mimik server. There is no Mimik server.
- No account, no sign-up, no tracking.
- Site icons are fetched from Google's favicon service, so the domain of each recorded site is sent there. Nothing else is.
- AI is optional. Turn it on with your own OpenAI or Anthropic key. Requests go from your browser straight to the provider, never to us. Without a key, Mimik still works.
- Voice narration is optional too. If you enable it, audio goes from your browser straight to the transcription provider you chose (OpenAI or Groq), using your own key.

Open source
Free and MIT-licensed. Source code and issues:
<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/a699350e6c47acfaa4f4f680ffe4db0355b4e6a3c42fabfa75ed02632d131421/https%3A//github.com/westpoint-io/mimik" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/westpoint-io/mimik</a>

## Rankings

- #10,811 — Overall
- #3 — tutorial
- #5 — guide
- #37 — trial
- #192 — stop
- #212 — replay

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `scripting`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `webNavigation`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** 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 was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

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