Reviews of ScrapBee

By: Victor Fence Add-on

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4.32 (Rating count: 105)

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Review summary

ScrapBee is widely appreciated as an effective replacement for the original Scrapbook extension, allowing users to restore and continue accessing vast collections of saved web pages. Key features include accurate page saving, reading ScrapBook X data, in-page editing, attaching comments, and exporting as HTML. Users note some drawbacks such as an initially complicated setup, the requirement for the sidebar to be open to save pages, missing some advanced ScrapBook features, occasional issues with image saving, and backend compatibility challenges on certain Linux distributions.

Pros

Effectively replaces the original Scrapbook extension, allowing restoration and continued use of Scrapbook data.
Can read ScrapBook X data and saves pages with high accuracy similar to ScrapBook X.
Allows deleting or modifying elements before saving pages and attaching comments.
Supports exporting saved pages as HTML.
Multilingual support including Russian language.

Cons

Setup can be complicated initially.
The sidebar must be open to save pages, which some users find annoying.
Lacks some ScrapBook features such as defining link depth in Advanced Save and the ability to show size of saved pages/folders.
Issues with pictures not being saved properly in some cases.
Backend has compatibility issues on some Linux systems due to GLIBC version mismatches requiring manual rebuild.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 4.80

All time rating average: 4.32

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Date	Author	Comment
2025-03-22	nu*****	It is a bit complicated to set up initially but it is the best replacement for the original Scapbook extension. I had been using it for years and had dozens of gigabytes of data saved, when Firefox changed making it unusable, I literally panicked. Thanks to this re-release, I was able to restore almost everything and the data collected has doubled. There is room for more improvement but, at this level is already very useful. Now there is talk of the end of the Firefox project(03/2025), if this were to happen, I hope it will be possible to port Scapbook / Scrapbee to another browser. I think I can say, also on behalf of all those who use it, that this extension is definitely among the 10 indispensable and most intelligent extensions ever designed, maybe even the 5! So thank you!
It is a bit complicated to set up initially but it is the best replacement for the original Scapbook extension. I had been using it for years and had dozens of gigabytes of data saved, when Firefox changed making it unusable, I literally panicked. Thanks to this re-release, I was able to restore almost everything and the data collected has doubled. There is room for more improvement but, at this level is already very useful. Now there is talk of the end of the Firefox project(03/2025), if this were to happen, I hope it will be possible to port Scapbook / Scrapbee to another browser. I think I can say, also on behalf of all those who use it, that this extension is definitely among the 10 indispensable and most intelligent extensions ever designed, maybe even the 5! So thank you!
2024-08-17	Fi*****	Hey, Victor. Can you contact me re Scrapbee, please?
Hey, Victor. Can you contact me re Scrapbee, please?
2024-02-25	Ir*****	Thank you for the excellent add-on. It would be fine to have "Open saved page" button in progress dialog after page downloading - to check and clean result.
Thank you for the excellent add-on. It would be fine to have "Open saved page" button in progress dialog after page downloading - to check and clean result.
2024-02-15	Fi*****

2023-10-11	Ni*****	I love this add-on - I loved Scrapbook, and I badly needed a replacement, and here it is! I use it to keep copies of online recipes, and to easily download HTML copies of books from Project Gutenberg which I can then use the edit function to mark up. Unfortunately, it will only work for a month or so, and then it will fail to load and I will have to re-install. I think this has to do with its default behavior on my system of downloading to, and installing in, c:\Windows\temp. When I manually installed it elsewhere, it worked for about six months uninterrupted before I needed to reinstall it again (today) - at which point it wouldn't work until I let it install to c:\windows\temp again. So that's mildly inconvenient. If there's a more graceful fix for this I'd be grateful to hear it! One feature from Scrapbook I wish Scrapbee included was the ability to define "link depth" in the Advanced Save function. Any chance of this happening in future updates?
I love this add-on - I loved Scrapbook, and I badly needed a replacement, and here it is! I use it to keep copies of online recipes, and to easily download HTML copies of books from Project Gutenberg which I can then use the edit function to mark up. Unfortunately, it will only work for a month or so, and then it will fail to load and I will have to re-install. I think this has to do with its default behavior on my system of downloading to, and installing in, c:\Windows\temp. When I manually installed it elsewhere, it worked for about six months uninterrupted before I needed to reinstall it again (today) - at which point it wouldn't work until I let it install to c:\windows\temp again. So that's mildly inconvenient. If there's a more graceful fix for this I'd be grateful to hear it! One feature from Scrapbook I wish Scrapbee included was the ability to define "link depth" in the Advanced Save function. Any chance of this happening in future updates?
2023-10-08	Gi*****	The best ScrapBook X replacement since firefox transformed into a Chrome-alike browser. Strong points: 1. Can read ScrapBook X data (rdf files) 2. Saves pages with the same accuracy as ScrapBook X 3. Satisfactory search 4. You can delete or modify elements of a page before save 5. You can attach comments in the saved pages 6. You can export saved pages as html Weak Points (suggestions for improvements): 1. Its sidebar must be open if you want to save a page (annoying) 2. The folder-tree is not visible in the right click menu (also annoying) and you have to navigate to the right folder in the sidebar to point where you want to save the page 3. In ScrapBook X you could drag and drop the icon next to the url address bar onto a folder in the sidebar to save the page. Unfortunately this is not available in ScrapBee 4. It lacks the ability to show the size (KB or MB) of saved pages/folders
The best ScrapBook X replacement since firefox transformed into a Chrome-alike browser. Strong points: 1. Can read ScrapBook X data (rdf files) 2. Saves pages with the same accuracy as ScrapBook X 3. Satisfactory search 4. You can delete or modify elements of a page before save 5. You can attach comments in the saved pages 6. You can export saved pages as html Weak Points (suggestions for improvements): 1. Its sidebar must be open if you want to save a page (annoying) 2. The folder-tree is not visible in the right click menu (also annoying) and you have to navigate to the right folder in the sidebar to point where you want to save the page 3. In ScrapBook X you could drag and drop the icon next to the url address bar onto a folder in the sidebar to save the page. Unfortunately this is not available in ScrapBee 4. It lacks the ability to show the size (KB or MB) of saved pages/folders
2023-07-21	Fi*****

2023-03-01	Fi*****	Очень хорошо, что дополнение начало поддерживать русский язык. Раньше пользовался классическим Скрапбуком до версии 56, потом перешел на Ватерфокс. Потом на новом Firefox попробовал Вебскрапбук - оказалось очень плохое приложение и ОЧЕНЬ сложно в настройке. А это дополнение очень радует, сспасибо разработчику!
Очень хорошо, что дополнение начало поддерживать русский язык. Раньше пользовался классическим Скрапбуком до версии 56, потом перешел на Ватерфокс. Потом на новом Firefox попробовал Вебскрапбук - оказалось очень плохое приложение и ОЧЕНЬ сложно в настройке. А это дополнение очень радует, сспасибо разработчику!
2022-05-20	Da*****	Love it!!!, I was looking for a long time a reeplacement for scrapbook, and scrapbee Nail it!!!!
Love it!!!, I was looking for a long time a reeplacement for scrapbook, and scrapbee Nail it!!!!
2022-04-09	ao*****