# Video Downloader

> Automatically detect and download videos from any website. Supports MP4, WebM, HLS streams, and more. Privacy-focused.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `video-grabber`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** EC
- **Category:** photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 1,708
- **Weekly downloads:** 742
- **Rating:** 3.33 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-17
- **First published:** 2025-11-10
- **Size:** 27 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/video-grabber/)

## Description

Video Downloader for Chrome automatically detects and downloads videos from any website, supporting multiple formats including MP4, WebM, OGG, AVI, MOV, FLV, WMV, MKV, plus streaming protocols like HLS and DASH. It uses smart detection to monitor network requests, scan for video elements, and capture embedded videos from iframes and XHR/Fetch calls, with real-time detection of dynamically loaded content.

Designed with privacy in mind, it processes everything locally on your device with no data collection or external servers, and is open source. The extension offers a clean popup UI, a badge with the detected video count, one-click downloads, URL copy, and displays file size and detection time. It is ideal for downloading educational content or tutorials you have permission to save for offline viewing. Note: some videos may be DRM-protected and cannot be downloaded; respect copyright and terms of service.

## Rankings

- #2,438 — Overall
- #42 — video
- #46 — video ads
- #61 — downloader
- #79 — copyright
- #80 — vimeo

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `<all_urls>`
- `storage`
- `downloads`
- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `nativeMessaging`
- `cookies`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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/video-grabber)