# Shelf Web Clipper

> Use the Shelf Web Clipper to grab articles, images, clippings, videos, links, and highlighted text from the web.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/shelf-web-clipper](https://chrome-stats.com/d/shelf-web-clipper)

## Overview

- **ID:** `shelf-web-clipper`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Shelf.io
- **Category:** bookmarks,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 38
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 4.22 / 5 (9 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.19.0
- **Last updated:** 2021-08-10
- **First published:** 2016-08-09
- **Size:** 7.02 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/shelf-web-clipper/)

## Description

Shelf Web Clipper is a powerful browser extension designed to simplify information management for individuals and teams. With just a click, users can capture articles, images, videos, links, text highlights, and other digital content from the web without switching applications. This plugin integrates directly into browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, empowering knowledge workers, project teams, nonprofits, and educators to collect and centralize information effortlessly.

Shelf goes beyond simple clipping by providing advanced search capabilities across all captured content, including PDFs and documents, with autosuggest features that help discover relevant materials quickly. Sharing and collaboration are easy with group folders, permissions, commenting, tagging, and content ratings. By consolidating scattered resources from emails, social media, and various platforms into a unified cloud-based knowledge environment, Shelf eliminates the frustration of lost or buried information and improves team alignment and productivity.

## Rankings

- #18,402 — Overall
- #94 — ad skipper
- #131 — spreadsheet

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`
- `notifications`
- `storage`
- `<all_urls>`

### 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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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/shelf-web-clipper)