Create a backup profile.
Download the user.js file here (Right click > Save Link As…).
Review Common Overrides and make any necessary changes.
- See also Optional Hardening for other recommendations.
Open Firefox. In the URL bar, type about:profiles and press Enter.
For the profile you want to use (or use default), click Open Folder in the Root Directory section.
Move the user.js file into the folder.

After restarting Firefox:

Get an ad blocker like uBlock Origin with our recommended filters.
Enable DNS-level protection with NextDNS. Use the link and support this page!
- Check out our configuration guide for the best experience.
- See how to quickly enable secure DNS in Firefox.

Simple goals

Minimalism: get what isn't needed out of the way
Efficiency: unleash Firefox's ability to be fast and performant
Privacy: protect your data without causing site breakage

Simple configs

Fastfox, Securefox, Peskyfox, and Smoothfox are guides to settings within Firefox.

The user.js — a configuration file that controls Firefox settings — is curated from these guides.

List	Description
Fastfox	Increase Firefox's browsing speed. Give Chrome a run for its money!
Securefox	Protect user data without causing site breakage.
Peskyfox	Provide a clean, distraction-free browsing experience.
Smoothfox	Get Edge-like smooth scrolling on your favorite browser — or choose something more your style.
user.js	All the essentials. None of the breakage. This is your `user.js`.

Recognition

Browser Integration

Midori | files (Dec 2023?)
Mercury | files (Sep 2023)
Waterfox | files (Sep 2023)
Floorp 1 2 | files (Apr 2023)
Pulse | files (Dec 2021)
Ghostery Private Browser 1 2 | files (Feb 2021)

YouTube

The ULTIMATE Browser Tier List (Mar 2023)
I Hate Firefox. But I'm Still Switching Back to It. (Nov 2022)
[Español] Optimize and Accelerate Firefox (Nov 2022)
How To Improve Firefox Performance (Dec 2021)

Podcasts

[Italian] Digitalia.fm | 1:41:35–1:42:41 (July 2023)
GhoSTORIES with Franz & Pete | 17:05–18:40 (Feb 2021)

Articles

Browsers for Daily Using (Jan 2024)
Avoiding Manifest V3 – Escaping the Ad-Pocalypse (Dec 2023)
[German] Pulse Browser Review: Firefox fork with Turbo tweaks and Opera sidebar (Apr 2023)
2023 Browser Showdown: Comparing Chrome, Brave, Firefox, Vivaldi, and Opera (Jan 2023)

Guides

Reviews

“I use this one ... The performance is absolutely amazing. There’s definitely a huge difference when it comes to loading sites.” - DIRIKtv
"BetterFox ... will provide good-enough privacy and help with performance." - Qdoit12Super
"...drastically changed the experience with Firefox for me. Improved speed, security, smoothness, and removed clutter." - AppDate
"Firefox with uBlock Origin extension and tuned with Betterfox is faster than Safari." - cugeloid
"I don't think I could use Firefox without Betterfox." - Professional_Fun4616
"The best collection of tweaks available." - AuRiMaS
"FF is now much snappier!" - whotheff
"...the experience is so good now I don’t think I’ll go back to any of the chromium based browsers." - Mr_Compromise

Support

If you like the project, leave a :star: (top right) and become a stargazer!

Credit

Betterfox mirrors the ongoing work provided by arkenfox. Additionally, this repository includes content reproduced or adapted from other sources. Credit for overlapping material goes to the original authors.
Appreciation goes to the Firefox team and developers working on Bugzilla, fighting for the open web.
A special thanks to Alex Kontos of Waterfox for his collaboration in v.116.
Many thanks to the 2021 Ghostery team for testing Betterfox at scale in its early days.

Glory to the marijuana in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

best way to trek

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Nerd Fonts (www.nerdfonts.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just thought Nerd Fonts should get some more love & attention

Nerd Fonts patches developer targeted fonts with a high number of glyphs (icons). Specifically to add a high number of extra glyphs from popular ‘iconic fonts’ such as Font Awesome, Devicons, Octicons, and others.

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startyparty (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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hey everyone - made a start page extension/site thats focused on latest media and content. its available as an extension on https://marketing.startyparty.dev - it always fetches the latest news, lemmy, mastodon (journalists), music, videos, podcasts, twitch, steam launcher/news, browser game (play games in the browser), links, search, etc. has a bunch of keybound shortcuts for keyboard warriors too. hope some of y'all find it useful / enjoy ^^

startyparty - a start page extension to rule them all - sorta in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

<3 tyty - hope to make it even better by then! yea I also hate subs and like all these web based anti patterns. ty again!

startyparty - a start page extension to rule them all - sorta in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

it’s a firefox extension, start page replacement

startyparty - a start page extension to rule them all - sorta in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

ease of use mostly - this is 700 news sites put together, still links out to them. i’m right there with you - its not gonna solve everything obviously but makes browsing a lot of content easy and right there in a new tab. I intend to put up follow / unfollow functionality too

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startyparty - a start page extension to rule them all - sorta (marketing.startyparty.dev)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

6 comments fedilink

launched a new extension and now marketing site to pair - hope yall like it

After almost 28 years, Super Mario 64 has been beaten without using the A button in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago

An intrepid Super Mario 64 player with far more skill and patience than I can ever hope to obtain has done the once unthinkable. They have completed the game without pressing the A button - you know, the one that makes Mario jump and therefore is pretty darn useful when navigating the platform and enemy laden world - once. Not one single time. Really.

While Super Mario 64 first released in 1996, the Super Mario 64 A Button Challenge started picking up traction in the 2000s. And, while there have been many attempts at completing the game without that pretty essential button, no one has managed to complete the game without using A. Until now.

Newscast: Is the closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Redfall's studios a sign the Xbox Game Pass publishing model is failing?Watch on YouTube This Super Mario 64 feat was achieved a couple of days ago by a streamer known as Marbler (thanks, GamesRadar). Thanks to a number of glitches, secrets (like green shells and air currents) and countless heroic dives, Marbler managed to complete the world's first no A button run on the Wii Virtual Console version of the game. Apparently this is the only version that it is actually possible to complete the game without pressing A. They did not remap any buttons to achieve their goal.

You can see the moment Marbler completes their Super Mario 64 A button challenge in the video below. Is this something you fancy trying out for yourself?

Super Mario 64 has had quite the month. Along with this week's achievement, earlier in May, an unopenable door in Super Mario 64 - which was thought to be impenetrable from the outside without the use of mods - was finally opened.

I wonder what else the community will achieve before Super Mario 64 turns 30 (which, honestly, I am still trying to wrap my head around, because I am still only 21...).