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Top 23 JavaScript Privacy Projects
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user.js
Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening
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SurveyJS
Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.
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ClearURLs-Addon
ClearURLs is an add-on based on the new WebExtensions technology and will automatically remove tracking elements from URLs to help protect your privacy.
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InfluxDB
Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
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privacybadger
Privacy Badger is a browser extension that automatically learns to block invisible trackers.
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browser_extension
A browser extension that redirects popular sites to alternative privacy friendly frontends
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analytics
Lightweight analytics abstraction layer for tracking page views, custom events, & identifying visitors (by DavidWells)
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nothing-private
Do you think you are safe using private browsing or incognito mode?. :smile: :imp: This will prove that you're wrong. Previously hosted at nothingprivate.ml
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privacy-redirect
A simple web extension that redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram & Google Maps requests to privacy friendly alternatives.
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shariff
👮 Shariff enables website users to share their favorite content without compromising their privacy.
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challenge-bypass-extension
DEPRECATED - Client for Privacy Pass protocol providing unlinkable cryptographic tokens
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Project mention: It's getting hard to use and recommend Firefox, I'm afraid for the free web | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-08Re: firefox and privacy, if you want to use firefox for privacy, consider using https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js . There is a case to be made that Firefox (with arkenfox's user.js) is one of the best privacy-respecting but still fairly usable browsers.
Project mention: LessPass: Generates passwords offline based on a login, a master pass, and a url | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-25
Project mention: Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-14I used a Firefox add-on called "Stylus" and wrote a custom css rule to hide the relevant divs/elements. It's not perfect, but it's okay. https://github.com/openstyles/stylus
However, after the recent ad-blocker targeting by Youtube I pretty much just stopped watching. I added my regular subscriptions to the NewPipe app on my phone and just watch what they put out.
The add-on I mentioned above is super useful to personalize my experience with other websites. Particularly online-shopping and other marketplaces that have huge amounts of whitespace for no reason. You'd be surprised how much nicer the web experience is after you add a few "margin: 0px;" css styles to strategic areas.
Project mention: YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-01It does not actually clicks on the ads. It sends the request to ad server but does not execute any response from the server, so it's safe to run
https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/FAQ#how-does-adnause...
Take a look as ackee as well :)
Ever heard of the ClearURLs Browser-Addon. It's also available for Firefox for Android.
Project mention: Mozilla Firefox or Chrome which is best for MOBILE PHONE.? | /r/browsers | 2023-12-11You can apply Betterfox using USB debugging, but it takes time to set it up: https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox/issues/240
Project mention: It's the Job of My Dreams, but I'd Have to Write a Cover Letter, So Nevermind | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-08
Project mention: Can anyone verify this information about privacy? | /r/onlinesecurity2023 | 2023-12-04~Using privacy plug-ins or browsers. You can block our site from setting cookies used for interest-based ads by using a browser with privacy features, like Brave, or installing browser plugins, like Privacy Badger, Ghostery or uBlock Origin, and configuring them to block third party cookies/trackers.
Project mention: Something peculiar in my 2yo's bedroom led me to a revelation about our universe | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-26Most of the time you can just replace twitter.com with nitter.net or nitter.it but when these instances are down or blocked you can use other instances listed here: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
But as the other commenter said Libredirect is the way to go: https://libredirect.github.io/
Project mention: Ask HN: Google Analytics sucks What do you use? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-21
Project mention: Anyone have any good micro-SaaS websites you have saved for design ideas? I have a couple that i'll put below but I would love to get some more. | /r/SaaS | 2023-06-04
Project mention: LCD, Please – de-make of “Papers, please”, celebrating 10 years since launch | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-08-09>Oh, you can also allow canvas fingerprinting, but that seems like a bad idea - maybe in a separate firefox profile just for sites like this one..
No it won't help. That is big problem with finger printing. It basically logs your computer hardward with the profile.
So no matter how many times you make new profiles. This can be mitigated via VM. However with bugs such as zenbleed, VM may not be enough.
Nothing is private has a good demo. https://github.com/gautamkrishnar/nothing-private
Project mention: YouTube started slowing video buffer with adblock enabled | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-13
Project mention: Flagship Mastodon instance to require AI disclosure; bans AI-only accounts | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-18I'd be fine if "ID for the web" was implemented with privacypass https://privacypass.github.io/
不如这个 https://github.com/kkapsner/CanvasBlocker/
NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
JavaScript Privacy related posts
- DuckDuckGo Browser for Mac and Windows
- It's getting hard to use and recommend Firefox, I'm afraid for the free web
- Some notes on Firefox's media autoplay settings in practice as of Firefox 124
- Mercury – Compiler optimized, private Firefox fork
- console.log(DOOM)
- LessPass: Generates passwords offline based on a login, a master pass, and a url
- Ask HN: Nitter officially declared "over" today, alternatives?
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Privacy projects in JavaScript? This list will help you:
| Project | Stars | |
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| 1 | FreeTube | 11,709 |
| 2 | user.js | 9,104 |
| 3 | lesspass | 5,653 |
| 4 | stylus | 5,082 |
| 5 | AdNauseam | 4,386 |
| 6 | Ackee | 4,139 |
| 7 | ClearURLs-Addon | 3,902 |
| 8 | Betterfox | 3,495 |
| 9 | StegCloak | 3,167 |
| 10 | privacybadger | 3,024 |
| 11 | browser_extension | 2,950 |
| 12 | user.js | 2,713 |
| 13 | analytics | 2,341 |
| 14 | userbase | 2,245 |
| 15 | nothing-private | 2,118 |
| 16 | privacy-redirect | 1,921 |
| 17 | Librefox | 1,705 |
| 18 | shariff | 1,395 |
| 19 | ghostery-extension | 1,314 |
| 20 | challenge-bypass-extension | 1,238 |
| 21 | duckduckgo-privacy-extension | 1,201 |
| 22 | CanvasBlocker | 1,076 |
| 23 | webclient | 1,034 |
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