# SingleFile

> Save an entire web page—including images and styling—as a single HTML file.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `single-file`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** gildas
- **Category:** download-management,privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 89,544
- **Weekly downloads:** 2,236
- **Rating:** 4.76 / 5 (1,040 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.24.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-05
- **First published:** 2018-07-06
- **Size:** 1.42 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/single-file/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile/issues](https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile/issues)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/single-file/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/single-file/privacy/)

## Description

SingleFile is a powerful Chrome extension designed to save entire web pages—including CSS, images, fonts, and frames—as a single, self-contained HTML file. With SingleFile, users can easily preserve and archive web content for offline access or future reference without losing any page elements.

Getting started is simple: wait until the page fully loads, then click the SingleFile icon to save. The extension offers advanced features such as saving selected content, multiple tabs, or even frames. Users can annotate pages by highlighting text, adding notes, or removing unwanted content before saving. It supports shortcuts (Ctrl+Shift+Y) for quick saves and allows uploads to cloud services like Google Drive, Dropbox, GitHub, and WebDAV. Additionally, users can enable proof of existence via blockchain integration for saved pages.

Ideal for researchers, students, and anyone wanting an easy and reliable way to archive web pages, SingleFile streamlines web content saving with a user-friendly interface and extensive customization options. Explore more and contribute on its GitHub page.

## Rankings

- #236 — Overall
- #4 — Download Management
- #13 — Privacy & Security
- #1 — file
- #1 — film
- #2 — defi

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `identity`
- `menus`
- `downloads`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Very 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 was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users praise SingleFile for being easy to use, its single-file HTML saves, and the useful save-selection feature. It’s considered indispensable and highly capable. Recurrent drawbacks include unclear preferences UI, problems saving dynamic show/hide content on some pages (notably forum pages), a bug where dropdown menus save as open, and occasional failure to preserve JavaScript on certain sites. Overall, it’s highly valued for reliable page saving with caveats for edge cases and compatibility with scripts.

### Pros

- Easy to use and very convenient
- Saves a page as a single HTML file (compact, portable)
- Save selection feature is extremely useful
- Indispensable / highly regarded; many users call it excellent

### Cons

- Preferences/menu UI could be clearer
- Issues saving show/hide elements or content on some pages (e.g., forum pages)
- Dropdown menus saved as open, a noticeable bug
- Does not reliably save working JavaScript on some sites

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