PDFBEAR Browser Extension for Chrome, Edge & Firefox

Open any PDFBEAR tool without hunting through bookmarks. Search every tool, pin favorites, return to recent workflows, or send the page you are viewing to HTML to PDF.

Add to Chrome, Edge & Brave Firefox testing build Install instructions

Version 1.2.1 430 KB No account required

Less searching, faster PDF work

The extension is a lightweight launcher. Your files never pass through the extension; its file button opens PDFBEAR's secure chooser, which routes your selection to the right workflow.

Eight quick actions

Compress, merge, split, convert, edit, sign and protect PDFs from the popup.

Search every tool

Find all 73 PDFBEAR tools by task, format or name.

Favorites and recent tools

Pin frequent workflows and return to recently opened tools. This list stays in your browser.

Current page to PDF

Send the current page URL to HTML to PDF, review it, then choose the conversion options.

Right-click actions

Turn a page, supported file link, image or selected text into a PDF from the context menu.

Smart hover buttons

Optionally show a Convert with PDFBEAR button when you hover a supported file link or image.

One smart file chooser

Choose a PDF, Office file, image or text document once and open the right workflow automatically.

Share with friends

Share PDFBEAR through your device, WhatsApp, email or a copied link, with referral storage for verified friends.

Install in about one minute

Install from the Chrome Web Store for one-click setup and automatic updates, or use the testing packages when needed.

Chrome, Edge or Brave

Open the Chrome Web StoreUse the blue Add to Chrome button above to open the official PDFBEAR listing.
Add PDFBEARSelect Add to Chrome, then confirm Add extension.
Pin it to your toolbarOpen the puzzle-piece menu and pin PDFBEAR for one-click access.
Start with any pageOpen PDFBEAR from the toolbar to find a tool or turn the page you are viewing into a PDF.

Firefox testing

Download the Firefox packageKeep the ZIP file; Firefox can load its manifest directly for testing.
Open Firefox debuggingVisit about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox.
Load the temporary add-onChoose the downloaded ZIP, or unzip it and select manifest.json.
Open the toolbar buttonUse PDFBEAR immediately, then pin it from the extensions menu if needed.

Firefox note: temporary add-ons are removed when Firefox restarts. Permanent Firefox installation requires the signed addons.mozilla.org release.

Privacy you can verify

The permission list is deliberately short, and the downloadable package contains readable source code.

activeTabReads only the current tab's title and URL after you open the popup, so “Turn into PDF” can work.
storageKeeps favorites and recent-tool choices locally in your browser.
contextMenusAdds the optional page-to-PDF right-click shortcuts.
scriptingLoads the hover-button code only on sites where you grant optional access.

Site access stays optional

The extension does not receive broad site access at installation. If you enable Smart file buttons, Chrome asks first; you can disable access again from the popup. The hover script checks only the element beneath your pointer for a supported public file or image URL. It does not read document contents and sends nothing until you click.

No downloads, cookies, passwords, clipboard, camera, microphone, remote code or telemetry. Read the Browser Extension Privacy Policy or visit the Trust Center.

Verify the downloaded files with SHA-256

Chrome / Edge / Bravef7be22c6b01b2114953aa18383ea77e43528665c0de315c0d72eac7c991dcfcf

Firefox64b4a4e5a3fb2f06c7c1e2bdfd252fae0a0e826a2c67dece3018b761b832ff92

The same machine-readable values are available at version.json.

Browser extension help

Why does installation use Developer mode?

This first release is distributed directly from PDFBEAR while store review is pending. Chromium browsers require Developer mode for an unpacked extension. A store release will replace this with normal one-click installation and automatic updates.

Can the extension read my PDF files?

No. It has no permission to read local documents. When you choose a tool, it opens the normal PDFBEAR HTTPS page, where you deliberately select the file to upload.

How does “Turn into PDF” work?

The extension places the current public http or https URL into PDFBEAR's HTML-to-PDF tool. You review that URL and press Add before anything is processed. Private pages behind a login may not be accessible to the converter.

How do Smart file buttons work?

Enable them from the extension popup. Chrome will ask for optional access to websites. The extension then shows a Convert with PDFBEAR button only when your pointer is over a supported public file link or image. The source URL stays in the browser until you confirm the handoff on PDFBEAR.

Will it update automatically?

Direct-download builds do not silently replace themselves. Return to this page for new releases. Automatic updates will arrive with the browser-store versions.