Ask HN: Which Firefox add-ons are you using in 2025?

6 points by vintageclothldn 1 year ago | 12 comments

I've just got a new macbook air and I'm re-evaluating which Firefox add-ons to use.

So far I have:

Privacy badger Unhook Firefox Containers uBlock Origin

What are your most useful ones for 2025? Anything significant that I'm missing?

MzHN 1 year ago |

My masochist anti-tracking set up:

- uBlock Origin with "Disable JavaScript" checked in the settings. Only enable for specific sites.

- Temporary Containers with "Automatic Mode" checked in the settings. Also MMB and Ctrl + LMB always open links in new temporary container. This provides full session isolation for all tabs. There are permanent named containers for logged-in services like email that are only used for email. Outbound links from email for example open in a new temporary container.

All browsing by default happens in a clean isolated session with JS disabled unless explicitly allowed.

I also have Behind The Overlay Revival for when I'm too lazy to zap elements with uBO.

ValdikSS 1 year ago |

I'll tell only about essential less-known ones:

- Group Speed Dial, to have a list of favorite websites in a new tab, #1 essential plugin in my opinion!

- Awesome RSS, to extract RSS links and put them into my reader (this is only extracting extension)

- Buster: captcha solver for humans, to skip ReCaptcha

- Dark Reader, to turn pages into white-on-black

- Drag-select Link Text, to select text on the page in a proper way, like the old Opera did

- Redirector, to automatically rewrite website domains, like reddit.com → old.reddit.com, and also to rewrite to Tor version of websites, because they are usually uncensored (like archive.is).

Kuyawa 1 year ago |

As a Firefox user since phoenix 0.6 who used to develop tens of extensions I can say that only uBlock Origin is a must have. Alternatively I am using Brave with absolutely no extensions (ad blocker at the core) except Metamask and sometimes Safari for multiple browser web testing. After twenty years in web dev I can fairly say browsing the web without seeing ads is an extraordinary experience thanks to the exceptional effort of Mozilla in the early days.

solardev 1 year ago |

I use 1password for passwords, Dark Reader to make give all sites dark mode (including HN), Hide Google AI Overviews, and Kagi Search.

Also use SponsorBlock for YouTube to auto-skip over sponsored sections (not commercials, but in-video product placement and sponsorship messages) and uBlacklist to filter a bunch of things out of Google Search (like Medium, Quora, Twitter).

mr_o47 1 year ago |

I have been using my own addon https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/todos-new-tab...

It's fairly simple helps me see my goals everyday since I use firefox

cinntaile 1 year ago | |

It's a bit weird that the only add-on you use is your own one.

owebmaster 1 year ago | | |

Most people use none so this case is quite common for extension developers.

HenryBemis 1 year ago |

  404 Bookmarks
  AdblockPlus
  ClearURLs
  Don't fuck with paste
  Enhancer for YouTube
  HTTPS Everywhere
  NoScript
  Open in Reader View
  Privacy Badger
  Privacy Bossum
  Return YouTube Dislike
  uBlock Origin

thaumiel 1 year ago |

uBlock Origin, Tab Stash, Bitwarden, Consent-O-Matic, Terms of Service;Didn't Read, Dark Reader. I use Tab Stash instead of bookmarks to (try) keep track of interesting webpages, it's not working well with the organization of pages. But I have a pretty good history since I started to use it, in 19th July 2023. I have been "forced" to use it, when firefox has started to use too much memory on my Macbook, so I have been forced to close down firefox to be able to keep using it.

baobun 1 year ago |

NoScript

SponsorBlock

LibRedirect

Konkret Wallet (in case you do want a browser crypto wallet)

FoxyProxy (if you want more proxy/VPN customization than Containers)

laserstrahl 1 year ago | |

+1 for LibDirect! UBlock Origin nothing else I guess K.I.S.S.

Disposal8433 1 year ago |

uBlock Origin obviously, and Cookie AutoDelete (in aggressive mode) to make my own privacy. That's all.