# Recoll WE

> Enqueue visited WEB pages for storage and indexing by Recoll.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `recoll-we`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** medoc
- **Category:** search-tools,other
- **Daily users:** 24
- **Rating:** 4.33 / 5 (6 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1
- **Last updated:** 2021-03-26
- **First published:** 2017-11-24
- **Size:** 28 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/recoll-we/)
- **Website:** [https://framagit.org/medoc92/recoll-we](https://framagit.org/medoc92/recoll-we)

## Description

Recoll WE is a Firefox add-on that enables you to save and index visited web pages using Recoll. It requires Recoll version 1.23.5 or later on Linux, Recoll 1.26.2 on Windows or Mac. Set the webdownloadsdir variable in your Recoll configuration file and follow the instructions to save files automatically. Find more details and settings options in the extension documentation.

## Rankings

- #22,520 — Overall
- #201 — poll

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `webNavigation`
- `contextMenus`
- `notifications`
- `storage`
- `downloads`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

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