firefox-profile-switcher vs gecko-dev

firefox-profile-switcher

Create, manage and switch between browser profiles seamlessly. (by null-dev)

gecko-dev

Read-only Git mirror of the Mercurial gecko repositories at https://hg.mozilla.org. How to contribute: https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/contributing/contribution_quickref.html (by mozilla)

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firefox-profile-switcher		gecko-dev
	Project
17	Mentions	78
339	Stars	3,122
-	Growth	1.0%
2.3	Activity	10.0
3 months ago	Latest Commit	3 days ago
Svelte	Language
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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firefox-profile-switcher

Posts with mentions or reviews of firefox-profile-switcher. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-21.

How to Turn Off Google's "Privacy Sandbox" Ad Tracking–and Why You Should
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Dec 2023

Take a look at Firefox Profile Switcher: https://github.com/null-dev/firefox-profile-switcher
Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now
24 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Feb 2023
Firefox profile tips?
1 project | /r/PrivacyGuides | 9 Jan 2023
Do not update if you use 'Profile Switcher for Firefox'
1 project | /r/firefox | 20 Oct 2022

Firefox doesn't control whatever this third-party program does. This issue has to be reported directly to its developer.
Firefox must prioritize in-built Tab Groups above everything else if it wants to capitalize on the Chrome-MV3 chaos.
1 project | /r/firefox | 4 Oct 2022
If I create a copy of an App in the Apps folder such that 2 apps can run side by side(Firefox, Firefox copy), will I get conflicting preferences files etc?
1 project | /r/MacOS | 2 Aug 2022

Try this community profile switcher. git link . Basically Firefox has folders for different profiles, you can check about:profiles to know the location of these folders.
Was Tempted to try Edge Today. Then I Remembered...
1 project | /r/firefox | 3 May 2022

Good news is that https://github.com/null-dev/firefox-profile-switcher works well enough for me.
Replacement for Brave shields and Chrome profiles?
2 projects | /r/firefox | 8 Apr 2022

Profiles - I use the about:profiles UI, but you can try https://github.com/null-dev/firefox-profile-switcher
My first week on Firefox after using Chrome for years
2 projects | /r/firefox | 5 Apr 2022

Sorry! I meant to respond earlier. I'm using null-dev's Firefox Profile Switcher
Firefox 96
12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Jan 2022

Have you tried the Profile Switcher for Firefox add-on? It works just like the profile switcher on Chrome.
- Add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switc...
- Connector (required for add-on): https://github.com/null-dev/firefox-profile-switcher-connect...
- Source: https://github.com/null-dev/firefox-profile-switcher

gecko-dev

Posts with mentions or reviews of gecko-dev. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-21.

Making Web Component properties behave closer to the platform
9 projects | dev.to | 21 Jan 2024

You can see how Mozilla tests the compliance of their built-in elements in the Gecko repository (the ok and is assertions are defined in their SimpleTest testing framework). And here's the Web Platform Tests' reflection harness, with data for each built-in element in sibling files, that almost every browser pass.
Widevine Content Decryption Module provided by Google Inc -- Never installs on any fresh Linux distro (see comments)
1 project | /r/firefox | 2 Dec 2023
Firefox tooltip bug fixed after 22 years
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Oct 2023

The source is mirrored on GitHub here: https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev
Code search is here: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/
Firefox 113.0, New Features, Updates and Fixes
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 10 May 2023

Yes. https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev/tree/32c74afbb24dce4b5d...
-moz-box and -moz-inline-box removed at v113
1 project | /r/FirefoxCSS | 26 Apr 2023
Pinch Zoom with Mouse Wheel is too Slow = How to Adjust Zoom Increments?
1 project | /r/firefox | 20 Apr 2023

aWheelInput.mDeltaY looks like the increment setting used for this https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev/commit/9033e3e1200acfd4b8f8ae024c215b99d12b97bdTried "mousewheel.default.delta_multiplier_y" and "mousewheel.with_control.delta_multiplier_y" without much luck.It may have something to do with https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1138704 although this case is about pinch zoom emulation.
Why does firefox (at least waterfox) not support H.265?
1 project | /r/firefox | 13 Apr 2023

You could add the feature by writing code to support is - https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/setup/index.html
A Quarter Century of Mozilla
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 31 Mar 2023
Why is building a UI in Rust so hard?
16 projects | /r/programming | 17 Feb 2023

I checked Firefox monorepo, it has over 4x more C++ than Rust.
Fetched and build the code of the "release" but it's produced Nightly version
1 project | /r/firefox | 12 Feb 2023

Are you leaving steps out or is your OP exhaustive? If you just straight up cloned release and that's it, start all over and follow https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/setup/index.html for your OS

What are some alternatives?

When comparing firefox-profile-switcher and gecko-dev you can also consider the following projects:

Librefox - Librefox: Firefox with privacy enhancements

chromium - The official GitHub mirror of the Chromium source

brave-browser - Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows.

WebKit - Home of the WebKit project, the browser engine used by Safari, Mail, App Store and many other applications on macOS, iOS and Linux.

temporary-containers - Firefox Add-on that lets you open automatically managed disposable containers

Skia - Skia is a complete 2D graphic library for drawing Text, Geometries, and Images.

firefox-profile-switcher-connect

brave-core - Core engine for the Brave browser for mobile and desktop. For issues https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues

focus-android - ⚠️ Firefox Focus (Android) moved to a new repository. It is now developed and maintained as part of: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-android

nyxt - Nyxt - the hacker's browser.

privacytools.io - 🛡🛠 You are being watched. Protect your privacy against global mass surveillance.

datastation - App to easily query, script, and visualize data from every database, file, and API.