Advanced features for FireShot (one-time installation how-to)

What? Why? See frequently Asked Questions

 

Step 1
Click on the "Save File" button and select the destination to save the FireShot Helper installer.



Step 2
Locate the file in the downloads list and double-click it to run.



Step 3
Confirmation. This page will re-load when the FireShot Helper has successfully installed. If you encounter problems, please contact us at contacts@getfireshot.com

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it safe?

Absolutely! We have always treated the security of our 2 million users very seriously. So you can rest assured FireShot is secure and trustworthy. FireShot has a 5-star rating on Chrome Web Store and more than 22000 positive reviews. The native code was also used for the FireShot extension for Firefox, and you can read these reviews to make sure, that FireShot is safe.

We are "The Best Free Google Chrome Extension 2013" as claimed by PCMAG.COM

The advanced version of FireShot uses native OS calls to provide fast speed and reach functionality such as advanced GUI, automated copying to clipboard, silent saving to specified folders and many other features. Starting from Firefox 57, such functionality can't be directly accessed from a Firefox extension anymore, so we need a helper process to talk between the Firefox extension and the rendering engine.

No. Firefox used to support a technology called JS-CTypes which allowed extensions to access the FireShot's DLL. The advanced version of FireShot used to use that functionality to provide better user experience. But Firefox switched to WebExtensions, so we were forced to implement a new solution, and that solution requires a separate helper executable. From a technical standpoint, the only real change is that our code moved from a .DLL file to a helper .EXE file.

The other solutions simply do not provide the same speed and quality of experience, as FireShot do, because they're based on JavaScript code.