Save Page WE: How to Save a Web Page as a Single HTML File in Firefox and Chrome

Save Page WE is a free browser extension by DW-dev that saves a complete web page, as it currently looks on screen, into one HTML file. Images, CSS, fonts and other resources are embedded in that file, so there is no extra "_files" folder. Install it from Firefox Add-ons or the Chrome Web Store, click the floppy disk toolbar button or press Alt+A, and the page downloads as a single .html file that opens in any browser.

This guide covers where to get the official extension for Firefox and Chrome, how to save pages with it, what the Basic, Standard and Custom options do, how it compares with the browser's own Save Page As, and when SingleFile is the better pick.

What is Save Page WE?

Save Page WE is a web extension that turns a live web page into a single self-contained HTML file. The developer describes the result as a page saved "as currently displayed", which means content that loaded after scripts ran, such as logos, icons and lazy-loaded images, ends up in the file as well.

The extension is published by DW-dev, the same developer behind Print Edit WE, and the two work together: Save Page WE needs Print Edit WE 26.1 or later for full compatibility if you edit a page before saving it. The Firefox version is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.0. Neither store listing links to a source code repository or a project homepage, and support runs through an email address on the listing, which explains the many "save page we official website" searches: the official home of the extension is its store pages.

Note that the two builds are on different version numbers and neither has received an update since 2023.

How to download Save Page WE for Firefox and Chrome

Save Page WE is only distributed through the official browser stores, so install it from there and avoid third-party download sites that repackage extensions.

1. Firefox: open the Save Page WE listing on Firefox Add-ons and click Add to Firefox.
2. Chrome: open the Save Page WE listing in the Chrome Web Store and click Add to Chrome. Other Chromium browsers that accept Chrome Web Store extensions, such as Microsoft Edge (after allowing extensions from other stores) and Brave, use the same listing.
3. Review the permission prompt. The extension asks to access data for all websites, access tabs and browser activity during navigation, manage downloads and display notifications. It needs these to read the page and write the file, but it is the reason to install only the official listing.
4. Pin the blue floppy disk button to the toolbar so it is one click away.

Check the developer name on the listing before installing: it should read DW-dev.

How to save a web page as a single HTML file with Save Page WE

Saving a page with Save Page WE takes one click on the toolbar button or the Alt+A keyboard shortcut.

1. Open the page you want to keep and let it load fully. Scroll down once on long pages so lazy-loaded images appear; the extension also has options to load lazy content automatically.
2. Click the floppy disk button or press Alt+A. A badge on the button shows progress while resources are packed into the file.
3. Choose a location in the download dialog, or let the file save to your downloads folder, depending on the save method set in the options.
4. Press Alt+C if you want to cancel a save that is taking too long.
5. Open the .html file in any desktop or mobile browser to read it offline.

To save several pages at once, select multiple tabs (Ctrl+click on the tab bar) before clicking the button, or paste a list of URLs into the extension's options. Saved files can be named automatically from fields such as the page title, date, time, host and path, which keeps a large offline archive sorted. An automation mode can also save pages from the command line, closing the browser when the save finishes.

Save Page WE options: Basic, Standard and Custom items

Save Page WE offers three item sets that decide how much of a page goes into the file, picked from the right-click menu of the toolbar button.

• Basic Items: the HTML, CSS, images and fonts. This is the smallest file and is enough for articles and documentation.
• Standard Items: everything in Basic plus HTML audio, video, objects and embedded files. Use it when media is part of what you want to keep, and expect larger files.
• Custom Items: you pick which resource types to include in the options page.

The options page (Firefox: Add-ons and themes, then the extension's Options; Chrome: right-click the button and choose Options) also sets the default button action, the file name format, the save method and the keyboard shortcuts. Two save methods exist: the old one remembers the last save location but can fail on some pages, while the new one can save all pages but does not remember the location. In the Chrome build, version 33.9 selects between them automatically.

Save Page WE works alongside content blockers such as uBlock Origin, so ads that were blocked on screen are not saved. If you strip clutter first with an element picker, as described in our guide to removing page elements permanently with uBlock Origin, the saved copy is cleaner and smaller. For saved pages, the context menu adds View Saved Page Info and Extract Image/Audio/Video, which pull the embedded media back out of the HTML file.

Save Page WE vs the browser's Save Page As

Save Page WE produces one file that looks like the live page, while the built-in Save Page As in Firefox, Chrome and Edge (Ctrl+S, or Cmd+S on a Mac) usually produces an HTML file plus a folder of resources.

Firefox's own Save Page As has two relevant modes. "Web page, complete" saves pictures and supporting files into a separate folder and may not keep the original link structure. "Web page, HTML only" is a single file but saves the page without pictures.

In ghacks' original 2020 test with a Wikipedia article, Firefox's complete mode produced 17 files (one HTML file plus a folder of 16), and the offline copy was missing the favicon, the Wikipedia logo, the language icon and the user icon. The Save Page WE copy was one file with all of them in place.

Does Save Page WE make files bigger?

Save Page WE files are sometimes smaller and sometimes much larger than the browser's own save, because every resource is embedded inside the HTML as encoded data.

In the 2020 test, the extension beat Firefox's built-in tool by a small margin on one page.

On another, image-heavy page, Save Page WE wrote a 13 MB file while Firefox kept its copy under 3 MB.

To keep files small, use Basic Items instead of Standard, block ads before saving and skip pages dominated by video.

Save Page WE vs SingleFile: which should you use?

SingleFile is the stronger choice for most people today, while Save Page WE remains a solid option if you already use it or rely on Print Edit WE.

Both extensions save a complete page into one HTML file. The difference is maintenance and transparency. SingleFile by Gildas Lormeau is open source on GitHub, has about 700,000 Chrome users and received version 1.31.4 on October 19, 2026. Save Page WE has no public repository and has not been updated since 2023 in either store.

• Pick SingleFile if you want active updates, auditable code and the best chance of handling new site designs. Our SingleFile overview covers its features.
• Pick Save Page WE if you need its Basic, Standard and Custom item sets, its command-line automation mode or its integration with Print Edit WE.
• Use the browser's built-in save if you only need the text of a page and do not want another extension with access to all sites.

For more vetted add-ons, see our lists of the best Firefox add-ons and the best Chrome extensions.

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