The Dat-Webext extension provides native dat support in Firefox-based browsers, but due to it’s use of experimental APIs, installation can be a bit tricky. This post will outline how to install it in Firefox Developer Edition or Nightly.
As the extension uses experimental APIs, it cannot be installed in stable Firefox release channels, as it is not signed by Mozilla. The developer edition and nightly channels allow this restriction to be lifted. There settings about be changed in the about:config
page in the browser. Here are the full installation steps:
about:config
page and set xpinstall.signatures.required
to false
and extensions.experiments.enabled
to true
The addon should successfully install, and you should now be able to navigate to dat sites as well as sites on the new hyper://
protocol.