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.
Selenium IDE: Automated Testing Tool as Firefox Add-On
Selenium IDE is a Firefox add-on designed to ease website automation, testing, and eliminate the need for manually handling repetitive tasks. It records and plays back tests on Firefox and Chrome, organizes tests into suites for better management, and supports saving and loading of scripts for future use.
Add-on stats
Manifest V2
By: Selenium
Rating: 4.33 
(401)
Weekly download count: 3,236
Firefox on Android: No
Permissions:
- tabs
- activeTab
- contextMenus
- downloads
- webNavigation
- storage
- debugger
- <all_urls>
Size: 4.20M
URLs: Website
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
# 360 ▲ 5
Other platforms
Not available on Chrome
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
User reviews
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Very useful for automating test cases and projects
Cons
- Causes issues with Cloudflare bot checks when enabled.
- Shows deprecation components error in devtools console that distracts from real errors/warnings during development/testing.
- XML content is not rendered as a foldable XML tree when the add-on is active.
Most mentioned
- Issues with Cloudflare bot checks when enabled
- Deprecation errors in devtools console
- Problems rendering XML content
User reviews
by clark, 2025-02-16
by Firefox user 15459527, 2025-01-18
developer.mozilla.org/77553322AHST
by 77553322AHST.Add-ons Firefox Android, 2025-01-04
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Selenium IDE requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
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