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August 1, 2024
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Support for Zen browser

  • August 1, 2024
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Hi!
There's this new browser called "Zen browser"
It's based on Firefox but the 1password extension doesn't work with the desktop app


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Best answer by 1P_Dave

Hello folks, 

I'm happy to share that you can now add Zen Browser as an additional browser to 1Password for Windows. Follow these steps: 

  1. Install 1Password in Zen Browser from the Firefox Browser Add-ons Store
  2. Add Zen Browser as an additional browser to 1Password: Connect additional browsers to the 1Password app


A couple of notes:

  • Make sure that Zen Browser is installed system-wide with admin permissions in the C:\Program Files folder.
  • Zen Browser is not an officially supported browser and you might run into unexpected issues. If you see those same issues with a supported browser like Firefox then let us know by starting a new discussion and we can investigate.


-Dave

115 replies

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
August 2, 2024

Hello @l4kr! 👋

Thank you for reaching out! Are you using a Mac? As long as Zen Browser is properly code-signed, you should be able to add it as a custom browser:

  1. Open and unlock the 1Password for Mac desktop app.
  2. Click on 1Password next to the  in the menu bar.
  3. Click Settings.
  4. Click Browser.
  5. Click Add Browser and choose your browser from the Applications folder.

 

The team hopes to bring the custom browsers feature to 1Password on other platforms (like Windows) in the future. For the time being, you may still be able to use 1Password in Zen Browser but you'll need to unlock it separately from the desktop app using your account password.  

-Dave

l4krAuthor
August 3, 2024

Hi!
Unfortunately I'm using it on Windows and there's not a feature like that

l4krAuthor
August 3, 2024

Update: tried adding the browser on Mac and it's not even properly signed there. Most likely it's issue on the Zen browser side on the Windows version aswell.

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
August 8, 2024

@l4kr

The custom trusted browsers feature is only available for 1Password on the Mac for the moment. I'll let our product team know that you'd like to see it added for Windows as well.

I installed Zen Browser in a Virtual Machine and checked the code signature and I see the following: Signature=adhoc

Because this browser uses an adhoc code signature, you won't be able to use it with 1Password's custom trusted browser feature. The developer would need to first notarize the app: App code signing process in macOS - Apple Support (CA)

Let me know if you have any questions.

-Dave

ref: PB-41336327

August 24, 2024

Hi, would it be possible to add support for this browser on Linux?

1P_Tommy
1Password Employee
August 24, 2024

@buri

Due to the signature being adhoc it suspect it may not be possible. But I'd be happy to mention to the team you'd like to see it supported. Thank you for the suggestion.

ref: PB-41840512

perlporter
September 27, 2024

Zen Browser is based on Firefox, so we can install the 1Password add-on without any problems!

October 4, 2024

Any updates on this? Zen browser is still not supported and cannot be used in Zen (despite it being based on Firefox).
The addon can be installed but not be connected to 1Password. This is probably related to not being able to configure trusted browsers on any other platform than MacOS (and the adhoc setting?).
Would be great if we could get an update on this or the trusted browser setting on Windows, I don't want to switch to another PW manager just to use Zen.

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
October 7, 2024

@perlporter and @faser

For Zen Browser to work with 1Password's custom trusted browser feature on the Mac (the feature allows you to use unsupported browsers with 1Password) the developer would need to sign and notarize the app according to Apple's guidelines. I checked the browser back in August (in a virtual machine) and I saw that it wasn't properly signed:

Signature=adhoc

It looks like this is something that the developer of Zen Browser is working on: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen_browser/comments/1f7p5h4/zen_browser_still_doesnt_have_a_signature/

-Dave

October 7, 2024

@1P_Dave, the majority of people is using Windows, what is the way forward there?