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rickapel
March 24, 2022
Question

Is it possible to use the Firefox extension with the LibreWolf browser on Mac and Windows?

  • March 24, 2022
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Just downloaded and starting using LibreWolf as it is being lauded as a hardened we browser. I was wondering if there are any others out there who are knowledgeable as to if the 1Password Firefox extensions would work in LibreWolf.

I do not know the internals of these browsers well enough to discern this on my own, but thought I would throw it out there in the community, hoping somebody with more experience would respond. I do know that there are the 2 types of extensions that 1password uses (local DB and the X version using remote calls), so any responses to this post can assume that I have that basic knowledge.


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37 replies

April 4, 2023

+1 for librewolf, please.

1Password Employee
April 4, 2023

I've passed along your request @1pwdnoob. Thanks for letting us know you're also interested!

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TheDave
June 22, 2023

LibreWolf here too, please. Or better yet, let us add browsers.

June 25, 2023

Hey @TheDave, thanks for the request. I'm excited to let you know that it will be possible to add 1Password to the browser of your choice in the future. We have an announcement about that here: https://1password.community/discussion/140735/extending-support-for-trusted-web-browsers#latest

I don't have any dates to provide at the moment, but when the feature is ready, it will be first available in the Nightly version of the 1Password app. Here's how to get that:

  1. Open the 1Password desktop app.
  2. Click your account name and select "Settings".
  3. Click the Advanced tab, for Release channel select "Nightly".

Let us know if you have any other questions!

TheDave
July 2, 2023

Nice, that looks perfect! Especially combined with passkey support it will make using a "forget everything between sessions" borderline tolerable.

Any rough ETA to when this will hit nightly? Are we talking days, weeks, months or years?

steph_giles
1Password Employee
July 11, 2023

Hey @TheDave,

It's great that you are excited for this feature! Unfortunately we can't make any promises as to a timeframe but the team are working hard to extend browser support soon.

Let us know if there is anything else we can help with in the meantime.

TheDave
October 1, 2023

~3 months later, still can't use 1Password. Any news?

ChrisC1P
1Password Employee
October 2, 2023

Hi @TheDave thanks for reaching out!

We've recently introduced the ability to add trusted browsers to 1Password through the desktop app. The feature is available in the desktop app on Mac devices. Although I can't guarantee a timeline, we are working to get this feature available in Windows as well.

Let me know if you have any questions.

ChrisC1P
1Password Employee
October 6, 2023

Hi everyone, I wanted to provide some info about adding LibreWolf as a trusted browser.

After discussing with my colleagues it looks like 1Password's trusted browser feature won't be able to add LibreWolf as a trusted browser. For security reasons, the "Trusted Browser" feature requires a valid code signature on all browsers that it is used with.

Since Librewolf doesn't have a valid code signature, it won't work with the new "Trusted Browsers" feature. With Librewolf not being signed, you can still use 1Password in the browser without app integration. I recommend reaching out to the developers of LibreWolf to request that they sign the browser using the appropriate process on each platform so that it can be added as a trusted browser.

I will also let our Product team know that our users would like to see more support for LibreWolf or other unsigned browsers.

I apologize for any confusion. Let me know if you have any questions!

PaulDoesDev
October 6, 2023

Librewolf's stance on it is "we don't have a paid Apple Developer license and we don't want to support this signing mechanism that is put behind a paywall without providing significant gains".

I think we should be able to use 'Trusted Browser' with whatever browser we want. That seems like the whole point of the feature. Pop up a warning or two so people know what they're getting themselves into.

It's a security issue for us, not for you, right?