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The ultimate Firefox configuration that is acceptable Privacy-Wise while being as much feature-packed as possible.

TheFrenchGhosty's Ultimate Firefox Configuration

The ultimate Firefox configuration that is acceptable Privacy-Wise while being as much feature-packed as possible.

Features:

  • The best Firefox configuration that break as little websites as possible
  • No ads, no cookies messages not even the "forced" one
  • Tons of new features thanks to amazing add-ons
  • Only Free and Open Source add-ons, absolutely nothing proprietary is required
  • 100% Free of spyware
  • No Contributor License Agreement
  • No Code of Conduct

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Prerequisites


Setup


about:preferences

about:preferences#home

New Windows and Tabs

"Homepage and new windows" - "Custom URLs..."

Set the SearX instance you want to use.

about:preferences#search

Go to the SearX instance you want to use

Right click the search bar - Click "Add [Instance name]"

Go back to about:preferences#search

"Search Suggestions" tick all options

"One-Click Search Engine" - Remove everything except the SearX instance you added

about:preferences#privacy

Under "Cookies and Site Data" untick "Delete cookies and site data when LibreWolf is closed"

"History"

"Firefox will" "Use custom settings for history"

"Clear history when Firefox closes" - Tick everything except "Cookies" "Active Logins" "Site Settings" "Offline website data"


Bookmarks

In the hamburger menu:

Bookmarks - Show Bookmarks Toolbar

Right click the "Import bookmarks" - Remove from toolbar


Privacy-focused add-ons (When asked, allow in private mode)

CanvasBlocker: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/canvasblocker/

Convenient settings

Chameleon: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/chameleon-ext/

Home: Dark

Profile: "Random Profile (Desktop)" on desktop - "Random Profile (Mobile)" on mobile

Change Periodically - Every 30 minutes

ClearURLs: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/clearurls/

Cookie Autodelete: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/

"Auto-clean enabled" = Green

"Notification" = Red

Whitelist the websites you want to stay connected to.

HTTPS Everywhere: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/https-everywhere/

"Encrypt All Sites Eligible" - ON

I don't care about cookies: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-about-cookies/

LocalCDN: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/localcdn-fork-of-decentraleyes/

LibRedirect: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/libredirect/

Configure it how you prefer

Redirect AMP to HTML: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/amp2html/

Notification - Un-tick "Enable popup"

uBlock Origin: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/

Settings - Privacy

Appearance:

Theme: Dark

Filter lists

Tick the "+" next to "XX networks filters + XX cosmetic filters from:"

Tick every list (except the 2 "Fanboy's" lists, that break too much stuff)

"Apply changes" - "Update now"

(Optional) uMatrix: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/umatrix/

Popup:

Click *

All css/image/frame without any filter - scripts disabled

1st-party frame without any filter


Feature-packed add-ons

Augmented Steam: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/augmented-steam/

Bookmark Dupes: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/bookmark-dupes/

Bypass Paywalls Clean: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/bypass-paywalls-clean/

Cookie Quick Manager: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cookie-quick-manager/

cookies.txt https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cookies-txt/

Dark Reader: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/darkreader/

Github Repository Size: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/github-repo-size/

GitHub Gloc: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/gloc/

SponsorBlock: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sponsorblock/

Miscellaneous: Support 3rd Party YouTube-Sites

Add your instance to "Add 3rd-Party Client Instance"

Stylus: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/styl-us/

Tabliss: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tabliss/

Go to new tab - Keep changes

Settings - Show a new photo - Every 5 minutes

Remove Greeting

FastForward: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fastforwardteam/

Options: Enable Crowd Bypass

Unwanted Twitch: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/unwanted-twitch/

Violentmonkey: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/violentmonkey/

(Optional) SingleFileZ: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/singlefilez/ (!DON'T ALLOW IN PRIVATE WINDOW!)

File name:

Template: aaaSingleFileZ/{year-utc}{month-utc}/{year-utc}{month-utc}{day-utc} - {page-title}.html

File name conflict resolution: skip duplicate file

HTML Content:

Tick "Remove frames"

Auto-Save

auto-save waiting delay after page load (s): 10 sec

Misc.

Tick "set maximum size for embedded resources"

maximum size (MB): 50MB

Auto-settings rules:

file://
moz-extension://

Right click SingleFileZ in the taskbar: Auto-save - Auto-save all tabs

Finish line

You now have the best possible Firefox configuration.

If you think something more should be added, like an open source add-ons, feel free to open an issue.