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There are many instances we would need to backup our Firefox add-ons to our computer for offline use or offline installation. But there are not many apps available to do this job. Most of the ones available are only to save our history and bookmarks.

After a long search and reading in the internet, I was able to find an add-on which can backup the Firefox add-ons.

It is called FEBE

FEBE is a small Firefox add-on which has the ability to save our Firefox extensions / add-ons to our computer as '.xpi' format files. This '.xpi' file is the complete setup file of our Firefox add-on (Just like '.exe' file in Windows). We can use this setup file to install our Firefox add-on in a later time even without the need of an internet connection.

Here I will explain how to backup the add-ons and install them later

Backup Add-ons

Open Firefox and go to add-ons => get add-ons.

Search for FEBE and install it.

Go to Firefox Add-ons page and click on options of FEBE. There you can choose whether to backup only the extension or other things like themes, bookmarks etc....


Now go to Where To Backup tab and set the destination to save the backups.

Now go to When To Backup tab. Here you can choose whether to backup the add-ons on Firefox startup or on exit or on a scheduled time.

With this you are set to go. FEBE will backup your add-ons according to the time you have chosen for the backup for the backup process and save them as '.xpi' files in the destination that you have set earlier.

Installing .XPI File

Installing the backed up '.xpi' file in to Firefox is simple.

Just right click the '.xpi' file and select open with => Firefox

Thats it ..... Your add-on will be installed directly from your computer.