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Scraper Tab Export is a Firefox extension that saves every open tab on a supported site as an --input-file list in your Downloads folder.

  1. Download scraper-tab-export-<version>.xpi from the latest release, or use browser-extension/manifest.json from a clone.
  2. Open about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox.
  3. Click Load Temporary Add-on… and select the file.

The add-on stays loaded until Firefox restarts.

  1. Open your album and file tabs, in any windows.

  2. Click the extension button, then Export supported tabs. The export runs in the background, so you can close the popup.

  3. These files appear in your Downloads folder:

    File Contents
    scraper-tabs.txt Supported non-YouTube tabs
    scraper-youtube.txt YouTube tabs

    A file is only created when its group has tabs. Unsupported tabs are counted and skipped.

  4. Run them:

    Terminal window
    scraper --dry-run --input-file ~/Downloads/scraper-tabs.txt
    scraper --input-file ~/Downloads/scraper-tabs.txt
    scraper --input-file ~/Downloads/scraper-youtube.txt

Tabs in private windows are only exported if you allow the extension in private browsing.