Reviews for Progressive Web Apps for Firefox
Progressive Web Apps for Firefox by Filip Štamcar
222 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by James, 7 days agoI installed this add-on after reading a Mozilla Developer Network article about Progressive Web Applications. I have a disdain for monopolies, so this allowed me to use a semi-officially endorsed method to install web apps via Firefox instead of using a Chromium based web browser. Perhaps someday Mozilla will decide to directly incorporate this extension as an integral component of Firefox.
All the web apps I have installed (some on Windows 11, some on Fedora, some on Debian) work as expected with no noticeable glitches. - Rated 5 out of 5by Um, 11 days ago[Fixed] [Fedora 40] Web App goes blank. Can't use as before.UI seems buggy
[How] Reinstall firefoxpwa first, then reinstall firefox from fedora rpm - Rated 5 out of 5by Dat_Random_Fur, 11 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Jorge, 12 days agoIn the last day, none of the PWA apps are opening. I followed the procedure recommended in the recent report here in the reviews, I installed the firefoxpwa-2.12.1-x86_64 version because I couldn't find the native installer that was mentioned on github, but it still didn't work.
I believe this happened after this last update of Firefox (131.0 (64-bits)).
also Win11Developer response
posted 11 days agoYes, it's related to Firefox 131 and has only been fixed in PWAsForFirefox 2.12.5.
I can't link it directly because URLs are not allowed here, but if you go to the GitHub repository, you should see PWAsForFirefox 2.12.5 on the right side under the releases section. Then, open the release and you should be able to download firefoxpwa-2.12.5-x86_64.msi under the assets section. - Rated 5 out of 5by Phillip Simons, 12 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Guerrini, 12 days agoDidn't work. I only get blank windows for all apps I installed. (Win11).
Update- Even after downloading the "firefoxpwa-2.12.5-x86_64.msi" I couldn't get it to work. I tried removing the extention and fresh installing, but no luck.Developer response
posted 12 days agoPlease download the native program v2.12.5 from GitHub releases in the repository (specifically,
firefoxpwa-2.12.5-x86_64.msi).
Update: If you still have problems after updating to 2.12.5, make sure that the native version mentioned in the extension settings (About the project) is also 2.12.5. If it's not, uninstall the native program from the system settings and try again. You can also try to run "Patch profiles and runtime" from the extension settings. - Rated 5 out of 5by Tim, 13 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Алексей, 17 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14720242, a month agothank you so much for this, it solves several issues i had on streamlining pwa usage on my fedora/gnome.
- Rated 4 out of 5by xalente, a month agoGreat extension. Though, weird issue happens to me when I pin them to the taskbar (Windows 11), it reverts to the Firefox icon. Also, it would be great in the future if we could add the web apps to the Windows Start Menu.
Edit to answer the reply: Yes, the behavior (reverting to the Firefox icon when pinned to the taskbar) happens with all the web apps (I created 10).Developer response
posted a month agoDoes it happen with all PWAs or just specific ones? If it's just some, it might be because they're using SVG icons, which aren't fully supported currently. That will be fixed in the future. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14789689, 2 months agoI was so very disappointed that I couldn't turn my favorite web based email program, which doesnt offer a desktop app, into a web app the way you can in MS Edge. After installing a couple of necessary support pieces .. this works like a CHARM! My Web based email now works as well as any desktop application.
- Rated 5 out of 5by DK, 2 months agoIncredible. Shame on firefox for removing this feature. It sucks to have to run it as another service, but if it's the only way for this to work, then I'll continue using it. BIG THANK YOU to the developer. You're doing amazing work.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18562428, 2 months ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Daniele, 2 months agoI installed the PWA but even if I install the deb package (OS Ubuntu 24.04 Firefox flatpak version) I cannot select the runtime installation
Developer response
posted 2 months agoFlatpak is not supported because it doesn't provide the necessary APIs yet. You can read more details here: https://pwasforfirefox.filips.si/help/faq/#why-doesnt-the-extension-find-the-native-connector-on-linux
You will need to use normal Firefox (from Mozilla website or their DEB repository) instead. - Rated 5 out of 5by slucas, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by cakira, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Glen, 2 months agoI do not understand why Mozilla stopped development on PWAs. This extension works really well once set up, and fills in this feature gap.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Wynte, 2 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Enkouyami, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by anonlegio, 3 months agoGreat Extension. This is part of my workflow now.
I feel like this extension need to get more love from the community. Tremendous effort and work. Thank You. - Rated 3 out of 5by gabriel, 3 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Ezra, 3 months ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Barra Darcy, 3 months agoGreat idea for an extension but every webapp opens in a new instance/window of FF and needs to be signed into even if you're signed in already on the main browser. This has huge potential and I'd love if someone fixed this:)