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user.js		ff_in_podman
	Project
45	Mentions	3
2,717	Stars	17
-	Growth	-
6.4	Activity	5.0
26 days ago	Latest Commit	3 months ago
JavaScript	Language	Dockerfile
MIT License	License	MIT License

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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

user.js

Posts with mentions or reviews of user.js. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-03.

MULLVAD VPN AND THE TOR PROJECT TEAM UP TO RELEASE THE MULLVAD BROWSER. - Blog | Mullvad VPN
4 projects | /r/mullvadvpn | 3 Apr 2023
Is there a way to disguise your device info while browsing the web?
3 projects | /r/PrivacyGuides | 10 Feb 2023

I don't know about Chrome based browsers but if you are using Firefox you can try user.js from arkenfox [link] or from pyllyukko [link] (I personally recommend the first one because they have a great wiki), you just put the script to your Firefox profile directory and it will spoof your screen resolution, link referrer, user agent, etc. (Remember to manually edit the file to suit your preferences, otherwise it may delete your history and cookies!). Also you can try User-Agent Switcher and Manager [Chrome] [Firefox] it is open source and lets you change your user agent to whatever you want. You can view your browser information on this website: https://deviceinfo.me, IMO this is a great website for identifying your browser's privacy issues.
How to harden security on Brave?
3 projects | /r/brave_browser | 9 Feb 2023

I don't know how this one compares to Arkenfox, but from my limited understanding, it seems it's more/less of an out-of-the-box Arkenfox experience.
Bringing attention to the potential of Firefox’s customisation
5 projects | /r/firefox | 11 Dec 2022

13 projects | /r/PostPreview | 11 Dec 2022
Tor Browser without Tor in 2022
2 projects | /r/TOR | 21 Nov 2022
I2p browser hardening
1 project | /r/i2p | 24 Oct 2022

I recommend pyllyukko's hardened user.js https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/
Is there any recent user.js you'd recommend for Firefox?
2 projects | /r/privacy | 9 Sep 2022

I've been using the user.js script based on https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/tree/relaxed for a few years now, but today I noticed that it hasn't been updated for quite a while.
A distro based on Ubuntu that also is good for privacy
2 projects | /r/FindMeADistro | 29 May 2022

If you're that worried about privacy you should probably change your Firefox to one of these templates.
I guess it isn't the worst thing out there
3 projects | /r/pcmasterrace | 15 May 2022

Already tried it. Pretty nice but I prefer hardening Firefox on my own (which just means copying and pasting this user.js accordingly and applying some extensions )

ff_in_podman

Posts with mentions or reviews of ff_in_podman. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-20.

Ask HN: Is Firefox really privacy friendly?
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Mar 2023

I know it's probably way harder than I think but I started a little project [1] to help to address the privacy concerns with firefox. Along the way I discovered there are projects like [2] that aim at hardening firefox settings.
[1] https://github.com/grzegorzk/ff_in_podman
firefox
2 projects | /r/podman | 21 Jan 2023
Vulnerability allows cross-browser tracking in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Tor
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 May 2021

[Shameless endorsement] That's one of the reasons I try to run firefox (and chromium) from within docker/podman container: https://github.com/grzegorzk/ff_in_podman

What are some alternatives?

When comparing user.js and ff_in_podman you can also consider the following projects:

Librefox - Librefox: Firefox with privacy enhancements

distrobox - Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Mirror available at: https://gitlab.com/89luca89/distrobox

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

xdg-utils - Desktop integration utilities

contain-reddit - Reddit Container is an add-on you can install on Firefox to prevent Reddit from tracking your activity on other websites, so you can continue to use Reddit while protecting your privacy.

supercookie - ⚠️ Browser fingerprinting via favicon!

NanoCore - An adblocker

uBlock - uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.

Searx - Privacy-respecting metasearch engine

Firefox-UI-Fix - 🦊 I respect proton UI and aim to improve it.

ghacks-user.js - Firefox privacy, security and anti-fingerprinting: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening [Moved to: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js]