--- layout: page title: Browser extensions I often end up installing permalink: /browser-extensions.html sitemap: false excerpt: "List of links to browser extensions I often end up installing in new environments while missing access to sync." redirect_from: - /firefox.html - /firefox-extensions.html - /firefox-addons.html - /chrome.html - /chromium.html --- * [Ecosia search engine at Mycroft Project](https://mycroftproject.com/search-engines.html?name=ecosia.org) ## Firefox containers * [Facebook Container](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/facebook-container/) * [Google Container](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-container/) * [Firefox Multi-Account Containers](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/) * [Temporary containers](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-containers/) * Especially in Automatic mode it renders Cookie Autodelete unnecessary in my opinion and is likely more secure. * **READ THE FINE MANUAL ON THAT PAGE!** ## Firefox language packs * [Czech](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/czech-cz-language-pack/) * [English-US](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/english-us-language-pack/) * [Esperanto](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/esperanto-language-pack/) * [Finnish](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/finnish-language-pack/) ## Firefox about:config * `layout.css.devPixelsPerPx` to `1.25` or `2.0` on macOS Retina to increase font size. * `privacy.resistFingerprinting` = `true` multiple effects to make your browser appear less unique, the ones I have found/understood: * warns if `intl.accept_languages` is not `en-US, en` . * starts the browser with common size (I love this on big displays). * spoofs the user-agent as the latest Firefox ESR version. * [Firefox's protection against fingerprinting](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-protection-against-fingerprinting) has the upstream list. * `privacy.trackingprotection.cryptomining.enabled` = `true` so cryptomining on some websites gets blocked and won't waste resources. * `privacy.trackingprotection.fingerprinting.enabled` = `true` I am not entirely sure what this does, but as I already recommend `privacy.resistFingerprinting`, why not? * `intl.accept_languages` to `en-US, en` * see above. * `extensions.pocket.enabled` to `false` so the Pocket integration goes away * On Linux `widget.content.gtk-theme-override` (a string that has to be created by user) to `Adwaita:light` so text boxes in dark themes become readable, thank you [Dovydas Venckus](https://www.dovydasvenckus.com/linux/2018/08/20/fix-firefox-dark-input-fields-on-gnome/) * [Bug 70315: text in menus and boxes unreadable if using dark GTK theme](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70315) * `network.security.esni.enabled` to `true` in order to enable encrypted SNI. * Requires DoH, see the next section! #### DNS over HTTPS * `network.trr.bootstrapAddress` DNS server to use for resolving the DoH name, e.g. `84.200.70.40` (Resolver 2 of [DNS.watch](https://dns.watch/) in Germany) or `149.112.112.112` (Resolver 2 of [Quad9](https://quad9.net)) * `network.trr.mode` 2 to prefer DoH, but fallback to system resolver (or 3 to enforce DoH without fallback) * [DoH is required by Firefox ESNI support](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1500289) which encrypts SNI which would still leak which sites you visit. [Another bug about ESNI + Android DoT](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1542754#c3) * I have ended up to recommending 2 as otherwise the DoH server going down stops DNS from working on your Firefox entirely, which may be more of a problem than unencrypted SNI as not everyone supports it. * `network.trr.early-AAAA` `true` to hopefully prefer IPv6 * `network.trr.uri` for the actual resolver address, e.g. `https://mozilla.cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query` or `https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query` or [check curl wiki](https://github.com/curl/curl/wiki/DNS-over-HTTPS#publicly-available-servers) Some notes: * You can confirm TRR working by visiting `about:networking#dns` where you should be seeing DNS cache of Firefox and a lot of `TRR: true`. * Quad9 became my preferred resolver through anxiety about other options being small (and possibly more likely to go down) or commercial while Quad9 is non-profit organization and 2019-03-20 apparently the default fallback resolver of dnscrypt-proxy (at least in Debian). * Quad9 while having filtering of malicious domains should be easy to figure out as the problem if something doesn't work on my computers as due to the previously mentioned bug I am mainly using it on Firefox. ## Passwords * [Firefox: Bitwarden](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bitwarden-password-manager/) * [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitwarden-free-password-m/nngceckbapebfimnlniiiahkandclblb) ## Privacy * [Firefox: Cookie Autodelete](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/) * [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cookie-autodelete/fhcgjolkccmbidfldomjliifgaodjagh) * [Firefox: HTTPS Everywhere](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/https-everywhere/) * [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/https-everywhere/gcbommkclmclpchllfjekcdonpmejbdp) * [Firefox: Privacy Badger](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-badger17/) * [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-badger/pkehgijcmpdhfbdbbnkijodmdjhbjlgp) * [Firefox: Decentraleyes](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/decentraleyes/) * [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/decentraleyes/ldpochfccmkkmhdbclfhpagapcfdljkj) * [Chrome HTTPS Everywhere fix page](https://decentraleyes.org/configure-https-everywhere/) * [Firefox: Google search link fix](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-search-link-fix/) * Copied from [PrivacyTools.io](https://privacytools.io), cleans Google results links. * [Firefox: True Sight](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/detect-cloudflare-plus/) * This is a CDN detector and it being a privacy extension can be debated but I just feel like putting it here. I will still say that not all CDNs are bad (IPFS). ### Tor * [Firefox: Privacy Pass](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-pass/) * [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-pass/ajhmfdgkijocedmfjonnpjfojldioehi) * May reduce captchas with CloudFlare. * [Firefox: Healthy.Onion](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/healthy-onion/) * **Only for Tor Browser** or other browser going through Tor all the time as it redirects clearnet addresses to Tor .onion hidden services that cannot be accessed outside of Tor. ## Productivity * [Firefox: Mind The Time](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mind-the-time/) * [Chrome equivalent: Webtime tracker](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/webtime-tracker/ppaojnbmmaigjmlpjaldnkgnklhicppk) * [Firefox: Nudge by Siempo](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nudge-by-siempo/) * [Chrome: Nudge by Siempo](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nudge-by-siempo/hjoookglknijcfdlbcfnehfhicbknemj) ## Misc * [Firefox: IPvFoo](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ipvfoo-pmarks/) * [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ipvfoo/ecanpcehffngcegjmadlcijfolapggal) * [Chrome: RSS](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rss-subscription-extensio/nlbjncdgjeocebhnmkbbbdekmmmcbfjd) * [Firefox: IPFS Companion](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ipfs-companion/) * [Firefox: beta channel of IPFS Companion](https://bafybeibjozlsoxzrxsoklis775aglnwpal2hjl42ippo57jdwiv6zoij7m.ipfs.dweb.link/) * doesn't sync automatically with Firefox Sync. * [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ipfs-companion/nibjojkomfdiaoajekhjakgkdhaomnch) * At the time of writing, 2018-09-22, I consider IPFS as **incompatible with Tor Browser** as Tor browser would use the local IPFS daemon, which **is not using Tor** and thus the IPFS network **could see your real IP** especially if not many nodes are requesting the fetched content. * [Firefox: Foxy Proxy](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/foxyproxy-standard/) * [Chrome?](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/foxyproxy-standard/gcknhkkoolaabfmlnjonogaaifnjlfnp) * Onions to Tor, I2P to I2P. [My rules]({{site.ipfsGateway}}/ipfs/QmQUc6SmBS8jgvceRLjFsVJNy2NrikDotcQVFxHeRwtQRz/foxyproxy.json) * [Firefox: Tab Counter](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-counter-webext/) * [Firefox: Lightbeam](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lightbeam/) * I especially like *nicer dark* with Memrise. * [Firefox: RSS feed preview](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/feed-preview/) * [Firefox: Duolingo Boost](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/duolingo-boost/) * [Chrome: Duolingo Boost](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/duolingo-boost/mgecoicpalmpphlgfkdepgpofjcnggkn) * [Bitbucket](https://bitbucket.org/Richdark/duolingo-boost/) ## Usability * [Firefox: Tree Style Tab](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-tab/) * ~~[Firefox: Text Contrast for Dark Themes](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/text-contrast-for-dark-themes/)~~ see *about:config section* * [Firefox: Dark Mode (WebExtension)](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dark-mode-webextension/) * [Firefox: Zenfox (Solarized themes)](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/zen-fox/) ## Videos * [Firefox: PeerTubeify](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/feed-preview/) * [Chrome: PeerTubeify](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/peertubeify/gegmikcnabpilimgelhabaledkcikdab) * [Firefox: Alternate Tube Redirector](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/alternate-tube-redirector/) * to redirect YouTube videos to https://invidio.us/ * [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/2vek/alternate-tube-redirector/) ## Firefox Dictionaries * [Esperanto](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/esperanta-vortaro/) * [UK English](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/british-english-dictionary-2/) * [Czech](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/czech-spell-checking-dictionar/) * [Swedish](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/g%C3%B6rans-hemmasnickrade-ordli/)