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What are your favorite browser extensions? (self.foss)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ericjmorey to c/foss

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What browser extensions do you use that you'd recommend to others?

Do you contribute to any FOSS browser extension projects?

Are there any non-FOSS extensions that you wish had a sufficient FOSS alternative?

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[–] ericjmorey 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Firefox:

uBlock Origin (uBO) - The internet is basically unusable without this. {GPLv3}
Dark Reader - I like using dark themes and I hate when I get blasted with a light theme when I visit a site. This keeps that to a minimum. {MIT}
Firefox Multi-Account Containers - It's nice to keep things separated. {Mozilla Public License Version 2.0}
Consent-O-Matic - Automatically marks my saved cookie preferences on consent pop ups. This is a great tool to help counter to the dark patterns related to GDPR, but it isn't perfect. {MIT}
NoScript - I don't like giving blanket permission to run JavaScript in my browser. This let's me choose. {GPLv3}
Wayback Machine by Internet Archive - Archives the sites I visit automatically and provides a one click option to visit an archived version of a URL that returns 404. {Proprietary | I don't know of any alternatives}
Tampermonkey - There are a few very useful scripts that I run periodically. Tampermonkey keeps them organized and easy to run. {Proprietary | I don't know of any alternatives}
Reddit Enhancement Suite - I got a lot of value from this extension over the years, but I don't know how much value it has going forward for me {GPLv3}

[–] CheshireSnake@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

I usually have a browser without NoScript, though, since a few sites I visit breaks with it enabled.

Can't praise uBlock Origin and Dark Reader enough, though. Also Privacy Badger/Possum and Decentraleyes (at least a few years ago).

[–] menturi 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can second Firefox's containers. That has been my favorite feature Mozilla has implemented in Firefox and used with an add-on, of which there are a few. I've been using Containerise.

[–] ericjmorey 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you like about Containerise? I've only used the Mozilla developed add-on

[–] menturi 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Mozilla add-on is adequate and honestly probably better than Containerise in terms of UX. Containerise is simpler with fewer features, which could be a plus or a minus. I primarily use the add-on to automatically open a domain in a specified container and not much else, so it works for me.

[–] ericjmorey 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for that comparison!

[–] brie 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For searching web archives, there's the Web Archives addon (GPLv3). It just opens a search page though, and doesn't have the ability to automatically archive.

For userscripts I use Violentmonkey (MIT).

[–] ericjmorey 3 points 1 year ago

I'll take a look at violentmonkey. Thanks for the pointer!