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

5•vintageclothldn•5h ago
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?

Comments

baobun•4h 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)

thaumiel•4h 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.
MzHN•4h 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.

Disposal8433•1h ago
uBlock Origin obviously, and Cookie AutoDelete (in aggressive mode) to make my own privacy. That's all.
mr_o47•37m 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

ValdikSS•19m 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).

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