# ScrapeMate Beta

> Scraping assistant tool. Editing and maintaining lists of CSS/XPath selectors across webpages. Element picker (from SelectorGadget). Presets manager. Active preset JSON view/edit. JavaScript toggling per tab.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `scrapemate`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** John Smith
- **Category:** web-development,other
- **Daily users:** 383
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 3.67 / 5 (9 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.2resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2018-04-20
- **Size:** 814 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/scrapemate/)

## Description

**ScrapeMate Beta** is a powerful Chrome extension designed to assist web developers and scraping professionals in managing CSS and XPath selectors across webpages efficiently. It features an element picker adapted from SelectorGadget for quick selection, a preset manager to maintain and switch between multiple JSON-formatted selector lists, and supports advanced CSS pseudo-elements like ::text and ::attr() for precise data extraction.

With ScrapeMate Beta, users can preview selected data in real-time, toggle JavaScript execution on a per-tab basis, and effortlessly edit presets — making it ideal for integration with scraping frameworks such as Scrapy. The extension streamlines the process of creating and testing selectors, speeding up web scraping and website testing workflows. Additional features are planned to enhance usability further.

## Rankings

- #5,831 — Overall
- #3 — scrape
- #6 — beta
- #15 — x scraper
- #17 — web scraper
- #23 — scraping

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `<all_urls>`
- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

## 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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## Review summary

### Pros

- Easiest to use scraper available, even with its limitations
- Utilizes SelectorGadget for element highlighting
- Allows for local work without making network requests
- Management of selectors per website is useful
- Better than native XPath search in other browsers

### Cons

- Incomplete functionality and lack of export options
- No apparent way to save, export, or publish results
- User interface could be better designed
- Data panel is not scrollable for easier selection
- Only highlights the data without scraping functionality

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