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
Weekly download count: 1,440
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
Size: 4.20M
URLs: Website
Ranking
# 362
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Add-on summary
The new Selenium IDE is designed to record your interactions with websites to help you generate and maintain site automation, tests, and remove the need to manually step through repetitive takes. Features include:
- Recording and playing back tests on Firefox and Chrome.
- Organizing tests into suites for easy management.
- Saving and loading scripts, for later playback.
User reviews
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
- XML content is not rendered as foldable xml tree when this add-on is active
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Add-on safety
Risk impact
Selenium IDE requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Selenium IDE has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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