# Share Backported

> Share your pages on Firefox with a simple click to 30~ different web services!

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `share-backported`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Daniele Mte90 Scasciafratte
- **Category:** social-communication
- **Daily users:** 527
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 4.58 / 5 (93 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1.15
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-08
- **First published:** 2017-09-02
- **Size:** 400 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/share-backported/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Mte90/Share-Backported](https://github.com/Mte90/Share-Backported)

## Description

**Share Backported** restores the share functionality removed from Firefox Nightly 57 by providing a convenient modal window accessible from your Firefox toolbar. Easily share web pages to over 30 different services such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, Tumblr, GMail, Telegram, VKontakte, Mastodon, WhatsApp, Pinterest, Evernote, Google Translate, and many more.

This extension supports Firefox's Container feature and is compatible with the Facebook Container extension. For additional services or feature requests, users are encouraged to contribute or report issues on the [GitHub repository](https://github.com/Mte90/Share-Backported). Share Backported ensures seamless sharing with minimal permissions required for container support, enhancing your browsing and sharing experience.

## Rankings

- #4,844 — Overall
- #8 — share
- #18 — sharing
- #23 — shape
- #66 — sport
- #115 — telegram

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `cookies`
- `activeTab`
- `management`
- `contextualIdentities`
- `https://www.reddit.com/*`

## 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 has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Share Backported is a versatile and configurable Firefox add-on that facilitates sharing links easily through many platforms including Gmail, Mastodon, and WhatsApp. Users appreciate its reliability, lack of ads, and active developer support. However, some dislike recent changes that added extra steps to sharing and desire support for platforms like WhatsApp Web and Wordpress. The sharing popup window size and minor bugs, such as URL encoding issues and interference from other extensions, were also noted. Overall, it remains a valuable tool despite these concerns.

### Pros

- Allows one-click sharing via Gmail and other services with customizable settings.
- Supports various sharing platforms including Mastodon, Shaarli, and WhatsApp.
- Highly configurable with options to add custom links to unknown sites.
- Developer is responsive and maintains the add-on well, keeping it compatible with Firefox updates.
- No advertisements and generally stable through Firefox updates.

### Cons

- Sharing format changes led to more steps for some users compared to previous versions.
- Lack of direct support for sharing to platforms like WhatsApp Web, Facebook Messenger, and Wordpress.
- Popup window for sharing is too small, making it hard to preview content before sharing.
- Some buggy integrations, such as WhatsApp sharing, and interference from other extensions.
- Encoding issue where percent characters in URLs convert to '%25'.

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