List of Firefox extensions
This is a list of notable Firefox extensions, or software add-ons designed for Mozilla Firefox-based web browsers. Many Firefox extensions work in the SeaMonkey web browser as well as the Pale Moon web browser and the Thunderbird e-mail client.
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ChatZilla
- ChatZilla – a full-fledged Internet Relay Chat client that works inside Firefox.
- DOM Inspector – for web developers. It allows them to inspect the Document Object Model tree of any page.
Website integration
- Forecastfox Weather – displays a summary of weather forecast from AccuWeather.
- LibX – library catalogues.
- StumbleUpon – allows users to encounter random sites based upon the rating given by stumblers and their interests.
Google integration
- Google Earth – provides full integration of Google Earth into the browser.
- Google Toolbar – provides features related to Google Search as a toolbar.
Wikipedia integration
- Universal Edit Button – notifies user when a web page contains editable content.
Application integration
- FlashGot – provides download features and integration with a variety of external download managers.
- FoxyTunes – controls external media players.
Browser features
- Automatik Text Reader – a multi-language text-to-speech extension.
- Cooliris – a tool for browsing photos and videos from the web or a desktop.
- Flashblock – until 2013, the tool used to prevent downloaded Flash content from displaying unless explicitly started (clicked) or whitelisted.
- Hyperwords – allows users to select text and perform rich commands, such as instant Wikipedia look-ups, in-page translations, conversions, etc.
- Lightbeam – displays third party tracking cookies placed on the user's computer while visiting various websites with graph.
- Pentadactyl and Vimperator – make Firefox feel and behave like the Vim text editor.
- SponsorBlock - blocks sponsorship segments in YouTube videos.
- Turn Off the Lights – is used to obscure or mask content other than a running video.
- Zotero – enables users to collect, manage, and cite research from all types of sources from the browser.
Bookmarks
- ScrapBook – adds enhanced scrapbooking, page saving, bookmarking, and notetaking functionality.
- Xmarks Sync – adds online bookmark and password synchronization, as well as bookmark tagging and suggested sites.
Customization
- Greasemonkey – allows users to install user scripts that modify specific web pages
- iMacros – a macro recorder for the Firefox web browser.
- Stylish – allows the user to install custom CSS that can modify specific web pages and XUL application interfaces.
Download management
- DownThemAll! – a download manager and accelerator.
- Video DownloadHelper – used to download videos from sites like YouTube or Metacafe.
Feeds
- Morning Coffee – a news displayer.
- Operator – parses microformats.
- Sage – a lightweight feed reader extension.
Language tools
- Tong Wen Tang – converts Chinese-language web pages between Traditional and Simplified Chinese characters.
Privacy and security
- Adblock – blocking ads and filtering content via a paired blacklist and whitelist.
- Adblock Plus – blocking ads and filtering content via a paired blacklist and whitelist.
- Decentraleyes – serves common content delivery networks and web libraries locally.
- Disconnect,[1] DoNotTrackMe, and Ghostery – advertisement networks and spy cookies blocking; forks of AdBlock Plus
- GNU LibreJS – (part of GNU IceCat browser), detects and blocks non-free and non-trivial JavaScript.
- HTTPS Everywhere – automatically switches to HTTP Secure whenever possible.
- LastPass, 1Password, Bitwarden – password management, portability and security.
- NoScript – allows users to control JavaScript and other potentially executable content.
- Privacy Badger – blocks canvas fingerprinting and blocks advertisements and tracking cookies that do not respect the Do Not Track setting in a user's web browser.
- uBlock Origin – blocking ads and filtering content via a paired blacklist and whitelist.
- Ninja Cookie – removes cookie banners by rejecting the use of non-essential cookies.
Some extensions mentioned in other categories at this page (such as AdBlock/AdBlock Plus) will also increase security.[2] Also, Tor, Torbutton, and Torlauncher aren't mentioned as they are not simply extensions for Firefox but instead only work on modified Firefox versions[3] Besides these add-ons, changing settings in Firefox Preferences and in about:config also will help with privacy and security.
Tabs
- Showcase – shows tabs as thumbnails, to preview, manage and search across them.
- Tab Mix Plus – provides tabbed browsing enhancements.
Website development tools
- Alexa Toolbar – provides access to SEO data.
- ColorZilla – adds an eye dropper (color reader), color palettes, page zooming, and displays element information.
- Firebug – allows the debugging, editing, and modifying of any website's CSS, HTML, DOM, and JavaScript, and provides other web development tools.
- FireFTP – is a cross-platform FTP client which provides access to FTP servers.
- Web Developer – adds a menu and a toolbar to the browser with various web developer tools.
Others
- FireTune – introduced in 2005 which aimed at optimizing the speed of the browser.
- SurfSafe – detects false or misleadingly used images.
References
- ^ "Disconnect – Add-ons for Firefox". addons.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ "Best Privacy Brower?". Wilders Security Forums. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ Inc., The Tor Project. "Tor Browser". www.torproject.org. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
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