# Selenium IDE

> Selenium IDE is an integrated development environment for Selenium tests. It is implemented as a Firefox extension, and allows you to record, edit, and debug tests.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `selenium-ide`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Selenium
- **Category:** web-development
- **Daily users:** 31,247
- **Weekly downloads:** 1,088
- **Rating:** 4.30 / 5 (416 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.17.4
- **Last updated:** 2022-02-10
- **First published:** 2006-02-14
- **Size:** 4.01 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/selenium-ide/)
- **Website:** [http://groups.google.com/group/selenium-users](http://groups.google.com/group/selenium-users)

## Description

Selenium IDE is a robust integrated development environment designed to simplify web automation testing. Available as a browser extension for Firefox and Chrome, it allows users to effortlessly record their interactions with websites, enabling the creation and maintenance of automated tests without manual scripting. Users can record and playback tests, organize them into suites for streamlined management, and save or load scripts for future use. This tool significantly reduces the repetitive tasks involved in web testing, making it an essential companion for developers and testers aiming to improve efficiency and accuracy in test automation workflows.

## Rankings

- #419 — Overall
- #35 — Web Development
- #13 — sell
- #34 — testing
- #37 — environment
- #79 — debug

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `contextMenus`
- `downloads`
- `webNavigation`
- `storage`
- `debugger`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows for debugging of other web apps and extensions, which can intersect with sensitive information and security boundaries.
- This extension has medium user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users of the Selenium IDE Firefox add-on report it causes problems with websites protected by Cloudflare captcha, leading to test verification failures due to bot detection measures.

### Cons

- Incompatibility with Cloudflare captcha causes test failures
- Triggers issues with Cloudflare bot verification checks

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