# Install the extension

> Add the Stashr Chrome extension and sign in once to start capturing your saves.

Stashr captures your saves through a Chrome extension. It is built for Chrome and shares your web app session, so there is no separate login to manage.

## Install from the Chrome Web Store

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the store listing">
    Go to the [Chrome Web Store listing](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/stashr-ai-bookmark-saver/mampphpkeibkmmdhdfenjdedpioklfmf) for **Stashr: AI Bookmark Saver** and add it to Chrome. It is a Manifest V3 extension.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Sign in on the web">
    There is no separate extension login. Sign in at stashr.me and the extension picks up your session automatically. On a fresh install, if you are not signed in, the extension opens the login page for you. The signed-out popup shows "Welcome to Stashr" with a **Sign in on web** button.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Finish first-run onboarding">
    After sign-in, the popup shows "You're all set" with your signed-in email and a "Where Stashr works" row of the supported platform logos. Choose **Start saving**, or **Import existing bookmarks** to pull in your existing saves.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Import on first run (optional)

The second onboarding step lets you pick one platform and import from it right away, or choose **Skip, I'll save as I go.** You can import the rest anytime from the popup home screen. See [Importing your saves](/docs/importing-your-saves) for the full flow.

## Permissions

The extension asks only for the access it needs to capture on the supported platforms and sync with stashr.me, so Chrome may show a standard permissions prompt when you add it. Broad "all sites" access is not requested up front: it is optional and prompted once, in context, the first time you use "Save image to Stashr" on an arbitrary page. See [Web clips](/docs/web-clips).

## The popup home screen

Once installed, the toolbar popup home screen shows:

- Your lifetime bookmark count with a "+N today" badge
- A sync status bar
- One row per platform with an **Import** button
- An **Open library** button

The web app header shows a puzzle-piece extension indicator. It turns green when the extension is installed and connected.

## Verify it works

Save any post on a supported platform and look for the "Stashed" tooltip near the save button. If you see it, the extension is capturing correctly. Learn more in [How saving works](/docs/how-saving-works).

<Callout type="note" title="Which browsers?">
Stashr is built for Chrome. Chromium-based browsers that install extensions from the Chrome Web Store generally work too.
</Callout>

<CardGroup>
  <LinkCard slug="how-saving-works" title="How saving works" description="How Stashr mirrors each platform's own save action." icon="🔖" />
  <LinkCard slug="importing-your-saves" title="Importing your saves" description="Pull in your existing bookmarks from each platform." icon="📥" />
</CardGroup>