Best Chrome & browser extensions according to Hacker News

This would be an excellent opportunity for Kagi to swoop in and offer free or highly discounted access to schools. Fuck google…
— unrented7977, 2026-11-03 · Google will turn off search for schools that reject AI · source

…oding side projects. Though I often reach for a frontier model for serious coding issues, local for rubber-ducking, and Kagi's research assistant for initial planning. [0] Pipe dream, unless international copyright law drastically changes. Since opening the dataset for any compet…
— prophesi, 2026-11-03 · Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen · source

This is drastically different from how I live and work. I may do over 100 (Kagi) searches a day. I use Claude too but I am just faster searching after decades of experience.…
— drewbitt, 2026-10-30 · Alphabet heads for a $500B drop in market value, biggest in its history · source

…riven by more consumers using AI chatbots to find answers.” But none of that says Google is losing its user base. I use Kagi and am skeptical of the debt-fuelled AI build-out. But 12% growth amidst a strategic pivot is unabashed good news. The stock sank because of the capital ex…
— JumpCrisscross, 2026-10-29 · Google Search is now less than half of Alphabet’s revenue · source

…en Seville and Madrid. That's a pretty low bar in terms of safety! I set my favorite agent on the task (Opus 5.5 in the Kagi Assistant), and given the two rail crashes in Spain this year, these are the stats it came up with for "chances of dying" via various modes of transportati…
— steelframe, 2026-10-29 · What we know so far about Spain train crash · source

…clude style/css editors (with the ability to save and reload styles later) for accessibility. Since we don't have that, uBlock Origin does a lot of heavy lifting, and can add a dark mode to HN and other sites. I'd share my ruleset, however, I am missing one. Before I switched PCs…
— eek2121, 2026-11-04 · Safari introduces Adaptive Dark Mode in 27.3 · source

…ind of assumed it was sites trying to avoid being scraped to death for training data. Alternatively, I use Firefox with uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger - so it might be that.…
— andyjohnson0, 2026-11-03 · Getting hit with "Prove you are a human" at every other website · source

Note that an alternative in those situations is using uBlock Origin instead of NoScript, and then configure "Medium Mode" [1] So, when blocking javascript (which uBo can also do of course) does not work, enable javascript with Medium Mode (blocks 3th party scripts and frames.) (p…
— DavideNL, 2026-11-03 · uBlock Origin filter to block autoplay videos in TechCrunch · source

In uBlock Origin, I allow everything except 3rd party frames, then I use uMatrix to whitelist acceptable domains and requests. These are the only privacy add-ons I use and they are amazing.…
— bborrez, 2026-11-03 · uBlock Origin filter to block autoplay videos in TechCrunch · source

…d affiliate codes. The only arrangement I've seen that works over the long term is open source maintained lists - like uBlock Origin. This would be far safer than what we have now. It would not just make snooping much harder; blocking access by default (even from internal devic…
— rstuart4133, 2026-11-02 · Ask HN: uBlock Origin for the IoT devices in my house? · source

I recommend Bitwarden. Cheaper and just as good as 1Password IMHO.…
— jnrk, 2026-10-30 · Proton's CEO Cancels AI 'Re-Interviews' · source

I’ve never used iCloud. I hate Apple but I hate Google more. Instead of iCloud I use WebDav, CalDav, Bitwarden and NextCloud. Contacts, calendar, passwords and photos that I control. I recommend the same to others but I can count on one hand who has actually gone away from iCloud…
— thatonehack, 2026-10-24 · Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone · source

…, they take you as a trustworthy partner and want to grow with you. Trust is very important and I feel so bitter paying Bitwarden, Adobe, and all the other enshittified stacks that 30-100% uplift on the base plan to get SSO. I also love my homelab stuff and it's a sour taste when…
— arcza, 2026-10-19 · Ousted Savannah police officer gave ICE agent husband access to Flock system · source

I've been using Syncthing + KeePass for a few no this now after leaving Bitwarden. I do find that I often get sync conflicts, though; I think it's because I will open Keepass on my computer, then on my phone while forgetting to close the one on the computer, but I'm not sure. any…
— einhard, 2026-10-16 · What I self-host · source

…scan or a secret you manually type in, which then gives you some numbers you use later, and that's all it should be. > Bitwarden also syncs TOTP. Given it's the same client, why push folks to opt for a provably weaker protocol with higher potential for user harm? TOTP doesn't ha…
— Telaneo, 2026-10-15 · Passkeys are not a trap · source

…bmit it, since it comes from the transcript. Only works for videos already in YouTLDR's cache for now. I'm a big fan of SponsorBlock for YouTube too, from the same dev.…
— virpo, 2026-11-01 · HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN · source

I highly recommend the Firefox extension: SponsorBlock…
— rationalist, 2026-10-16 · How gyroscopes got so small [video] · source

Youtube premium doesn't skip sponsor segments. SponsorBlock and uBlock are free and highly effective, and do a better job than paying.…
— malfist, 2026-10-12 · "Just Ask Claude" Is a Rare and Valuable Skill · source

…ing and I would actually prefer to skip these videos altogether, but yt doesn't offer that in a search filter. So i use Sponsorblock. For comparison: say you're getting a haircut. And halfway they stop cutting to promote their new book, for 5 minutes straight. Telling you they wo…
— lodovic, 2026-09-27 · PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock · source

I love sponsorblock, it feels like adblock felt the first time I installed it. Every time I see a creator I like do a "smooth transition" from content to ad, it makes me feel betrayed. Not only are they about to read words someone else wrote for them and which they don't really b…
— franga2000, 2026-09-27 · PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock · source

Most people don't like Zen (or Arc). Which is fine. I'm a big keyboard person so I love it, especially with the vimium plugin. But sometimes people get confused at my browser because they don't know how to navigate. Which is understandable What I like about Mozilla is they made a…
— godelski, 2026-10-13 · Thunderbird for iOS · source

…me a good tui, but hackernews is one of the few websites that aren't a pain to use so i just browse it in firefox with vimium plugin.…
— jonny2811, 2026-09-28 · Show HN: Hntui – A TUI for Hacker News · source

I use Vimium [0] for this very reason -- highly recommend it! Although admittedly this only solves for a fully keyboard-driven _browser_ experience. [0] https://vimium.github.io…
— josht, 2026-08-28 · GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven · source

https://vimium.github.io/ Hacker browser: allows to navigate browsers without ever needing to use the mouse. I highly recommend it, it's such a productivity booster…
— jonbrauninddott, 2026-08-28 · GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven · source

For people who want to navigate browsers only with the keyboard, I recommend vimium https://vimium.github.io/ It's a plugin that enables many keyboard shortcuts, so that you almost don't need to touch the mouse to navigate. For me, it's such a productivity booster, especially the…
— jonbrauninddott, 2026-08-28 · GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven · source

I've been expecting this news for a while, and I moved to Zen when they changed direction originally. Can highly recommend it as a near drop-in replacement for Arc, albeit built on Firefox. https://zen-browser.app/…
— constantlm, 2026-10-22 · A farewell to Arc browser · source

I've been using Arc for years now and am really sad to see it being sunset, but am now trying my luck with Zen browser. I'd really want to be on Dia as I have much respect for its original creators, but Atlassian being behind it kind of leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I even trie…
— usrme, 2026-10-22 · A farewell to Arc browser · source

Zen Browser is what I've been using (https://zen-browser.app/)…
— odo1242, 2026-10-22 · A farewell to Arc browser · source

Writing was on the wall once they pivoted to Dia, I'm pretty happy having switched to Zen (though for a few things that matter, it's Firefox-based not Chrome). https://zen-browser.app/ They picked up a lot of cues from Arc - sidebar tabs, pinned vs generic tabs, global bookmarks,…
— jamie_ca, 2026-10-22 · A farewell to Arc browser · source

…ogled Chromium, Thorium, Mullvad, Tor, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, ... - Impractical to support: Orion - Impossible to support: Zen Browser This probably won't be the last time I trip over that. I use lists a lot, and almost every other platform allows them to be one per line without an…
— ToyKeeper, 2026-10-04 · An Update on Orion for Linux and Windows · source

I use AnyBox on macOS to do this for bookmarks. It saves a WebArchive copy and a stripped 'reader'-esque version. SingleFile can also pipe into AnyBox, if you want to use that as the archive.…
— ndegruchy, 2026-11-03 · If you love a website, back it up · source

singleFile is great, and the extention works on fennec/waterfox on android as well (not sure about firefox mobile) another one i use when i only need to save the text of a webpage is markdownload, which formats the page using markdown https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addo…
— 4k93n2, 2026-11-03 · If you love a website, back it up · source

…d hister kept the juicy information accessible. It was painless to set up and quick to use when needed, too. I also use Singlefile and Obsidian Web Clipper a lot, but Hister has been great and is now a first-class citizen in my system. It helps it works passively for those things…
— falsaberN1, 2026-11-02 · If you love a website, back it up · source

> At this point I'm using Linkding (self-hosted bookmarks, which has an archive function) paired with Singlefile (which integrates with Linkding) which locally captures and uploads. I second this workflow, exactly what I switched to from Archivebox. Linkding has a built-in "creat…
— thedanbob, 2026-11-02 · If you love a website, back it up · source

I'm using Linkding hooked up with SingleFile to bookmark+archive all important pages. Highly recommend! https://linkding.link/archiving/#using-the-singlefile-browse...…
— FireInsight, 2026-11-02 · If you love a website, back it up · source

…ground (which is pretty blue), and text color #dad8d8, and I find it quite good. https://blog.velocifyer.com/ I use the Dark Reader extension's brightness and contrast settings to fix this often, or other times I use the Stylus extension and write custom CSS.…
— Velocifyer, 2026-11-04 · Safari introduces Adaptive Dark Mode in 27.3 · source

I have found that Dark Reader works much better than this. (I use Firefox generally, but my employer forces Chrome for many work tasks, and is also very concerned about data security from 3rd party extensions, so Dark Reader is not readily accessible. I use Dark Reader with Firef…
— john01dav, 2026-10-20 · Ask HN: Dark mode for HN please? (2026) · source

I use Dark Reader on Chrome, Edge, and Firefox, but I've found Noir to be better on Safari.…
— nick_, 2026-09-14 · iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 · source

I use Dark Reader on my Firefox Mobile and on any of my pc browsers.…
— HeavyStorm, 2026-09-13 · Ask HN: How can I browse HN in dark mode? · source

For me it’s Dark Reader (https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader) which can be installed on at least chrome and Firefox desktop browsers, and safari and Kagi on iPhones. I use it to keep from getting flashbanged by my monitor. In this case it also fixes the above site, however s…
— Modified3019, 2026-06-24 · Zero-Downtime Deployments with Docker Compose – No Kubernetes Required · source

…d added the requested filters. Thank you! My dear God, I love you man. I have tried to get this feature by using custom tampermonkey scripts with tld-list.com which would output a .csv file and then having a custom html file (which I have to open manually) to then get the idea of…
— Imustaskforhelp, 2026-11-01 · Tld.wiki – The wiki for Top-level Domains · source

…for 1st year for 1$ at Namecheap (I use tld-list.com to find cheap domain tlds) (extreme side note I also have a custom tampermonkey script to sometimes find the cheapest one ie. completely available not premium domains but yeah I need to make the script slightly better) [I built…
— Imustaskforhelp, 2026-10-27 · Discord will soon let anyone find public server messages through Google · source

…Button (To highlight if the page has a feed, so I can subscribe with my own Miniflux instance), 1Blocker (Ad blocking), Tampermonkey for loading userscripts on some websites, Readdeck extension to easily send something to my "read later" pile. It's not a lot of them, but every ti…
— dewey, 2026-09-14 · iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 · source

I've tried to write a tampermonkey script to at least block the Reels, but even that's hella difficult. The solution is truly to just never be on Facebook, but - our local PTA only distributes news via Facebook. (There may be a Whatsapp group I don't know about, which isn't bette…
— pavel_lishin, 2026-08-12 · uBlock Origin is giving up the fight to keep ads off Facebook · source

…https://github.com/violentmonkey/violentmonkey now though? thought I realize "if it works it works", https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey…
— grimgrin, 2026-07-28 · Show HN: I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript · source

…was sites trying to avoid being scraped to death for training data. Alternatively, I use Firefox with uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger - so it might be that.…
— andyjohnson0, 2026-11-03 · Getting hit with "Prove you are a human" at every other website · source

…count login personalization, no account logged in, in incognito, using: Ublock origin lite, User Agent / OS Randomizer, Privacy Badger, and using a VPN to other locales. That's why I want to know, I've been curious about this for years, and nothing I've looked at seems conclusive…
— esseph, 2026-09-22 · Attention is all you have · source

…f the worst options. So this new link jacking really doesn't matter. Tell people to use firefox with ublock origin and privacy badger. I am sure there are even better combinations. Use something to block junk. I just had to install open source local alternatives for someone w…
— roosterIllusi0n, 2026-08-31 · In less than a year, Google made scraping 10× harder · source

…olf - same as Orion: 18.29 fingerprint uniqueness - I dont know the other browsers except Tor. I use librewolf too with privacy badger and librejs - good browser…
— mediumsmart, 2026-07-20 · Orion Browser by Kagi · source

…sites, with your new browser. But I would recommend beefy adblocking and tracking-avoidance - uBlock Origin [1] and EFF Privacy Badger for example - or even disabling JS if you want the more static old-school feel. NoScript is a browser add-on which does this for Firefox or Chrom…
— einpoklum, 2026-04-24 · Using the internet like it's 1999 · source

I use the Orion browser on my iPhone and it doesn’t have ads. I also don’t install the YouTube app so I use the browser to visit the YouTube site and have an ad free experience and can even have audio playing on it while the screen is off or I’m in another app so it’s an objectiv…
— Teever, 2026-09-22 · Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy · source

…. my benchmark for browser ad blocking and ublock-origin is one of the few (only?) that does it. This is why I use the Orion browser on iOS.…
— eikenberry, 2026-09-01 · Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS · source

…a openrouter, but can’t get as good responses, so there’s something very clever they do with their harness. I use their Orion -browser and its summarise -function, which is very good. I am happy to pay for all this, it feels like they actually want to serve you good products, not…
— delis-thumbs-7e, 2026-07-23 · Back to Kagi · source

I have just switched from Orion to Vivaldi partially as it seems to use less memory. I suspect this is because I use several profiles amd each one in Orion is in effect a copy of the whole Orion browser whilst in Vivaldi less things a re duplicated. Or possibly my style of when t…
— pasc1878, 2026-07-19 · Orion Browser by Kagi · source

I use Orion Browser and don’t know what you are referring to.…
— 47282847, 2026-02-12 · iOS 26.3 and macOS 26.3 Fix Dozens of Vulnerabilities, Including Zero-Day · source

Kind of, yes. DeArrow is crowdsourced, and I love that people can submit a better title and pick a real frame from the video. I wanted one step more: the actual answer to the clickbait, right on the thumbnail, without waiting for someone to submit it, since it comes from the tran…
— virpo, 2026-11-01 · HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN · source

…Ps I hate mentour pilot's clickbaity thumbnails so much. That alone puts me off from watching it too. But lately I use "DeArrow" which desensationalises all the thumbnails and even titles. That helps a lot. Mentour pilot is not alone in this, a lot of youtubers do it, but he sens…
— wolvoleo, 2026-09-04 · Qantas Airbus A380 engine failure in 2010 (2023) · source

…a see someone glaze over human rights violations in order to celebrate mega projects. I'd at least highly recommend the DeArrow extensions to de-clickbait this channel's titles. As much as I criticize the channel, I admit I can't look away…
— culi, 2026-07-06 · Egypt Is Building a New Nile · source

…clothes, watching the entrance of the building... Stating the subject of the video makes a lot of sense for them. I use DeArrow to remove clickbait titles and thumbnails, so indeed, I don't need that information to be repeated. I don't mind a few seconds at the beginning, what I…
— edarchis, 2026-05-06 · Why most product tours get skipped · source

Very cool, thanks! I've been using SponsorBlock for a long time. This is the first time I'm hearing about DeArrow and I paid for it. That guy is doing incredible work.…
— kirubakaran, 2026-04-16 · YouTube users get option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes · source

Who doesnt? I use raindrop.io for bookmarks, its amazing.…
— lifeisloving, 2026-11-02 · Show HN: Wikihack – HackerTube, but for Wikipedia articles mentioned on HN · source

…dflare workers ai setup to test out models. I’m trying to incorporate the same bookmarking features I love so much with Raindrop.io (big fan) and experimenting with a new wiki generation feature. It’s only soft launched but happy for any feedback. https://notebooker.ai…
— mistakevin, 2026-07-13 · Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026) · source

…ns of files and folders rather than putting all my data into dedicated black holes with better viewing features such as Raindrop.io, Apple Photos, and Eagle 4.…
— miguel-muniz, 2026-05-15 · WinUI 3 Performance: A Leap Forward · source

Check out raindrop.io, I use it everyday it’s it’s been a pleasure to use.…
— adityamwagh, 2026-02-15 · Show HN: Arcmark – macOS bookmark manager that attaches to browser as sidebar · source

Need to take a look. For my CTO newsletter I use raindrop.io to store interesting articles I encounter, export them to CSV (like bookmarks.txt), sort, filter and remove 90%, convert them to my own format, write my content and convert them to Markdown and then to HTML with Hugo.…
— KingOfCoders, 2025-08-28 · Bookmarks.txt is a concept of keeping URLs in plain text files · source

…was a loyal Firefox user but between the memory and perf issues and now this, I've now switched to Helium. I miss the "Multi-Account Containers" but that's about it. They just had to look at Arc for what people want out of the future of browser design and instead they committed…
— osener, 2026-09-29 · The new Firefox design is here · source

…nnounced manifest v3, and I'm still happy with it. Not only I get a browser with a real adblock, now that I got used to multi-account containers, I can't go back to chrome since it has no good equivalent. And I'm also using it on mobile since it's one of the few mobile browsers w…
— Aozora7, 2026-09-02 · Hang on to Your Firefox · source

…of a remote resource (for security or at least as often to bypass a routing deficiency I am troubleshooting) and before Multi-account Containers I'd basically have to fire up a completely different browser since the proxy settings I use would control every tab and every site I tr…
— HappMacDonald, 2026-07-26 · Firefox Containers Preview · source

Great to see this feature being added to other browsers. I use the Firefox Multi-Account Containers, Temporary Containers, and Containerize extensions to manage my browsing and it's (mostly) a very nice experience. There are some rough edges for certain tasks, but I've not had an…
— ddejohn, 2026-07-02 · Brave's latest browser release offers Containers for better and easier workflow · source

…n SMS codes or a Chase Bank App? I have to deal with the former because I auto-delete cookies when I close tabs and use Multi-account containers on Firefox. I've never been required to install any application (Chase branded or otherwise) on my phone in order to use the Chase webs…
— nobody9999, 2026-01-29 · Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app · source

In Safari, I use AdGuard and Consent-O-Matic, which catches pretty much everything.…
— 9dev, 2026-06-16 · Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers · source

I use Consent-O-Matic. It doesn't catch everything but it does work on some sites. Basically it just automatically goes for the "Reject" option if that's provided in a reasonably standard way. Lots of sites where that doesn't work, obviously. But a few where it does. Probably a g…
— jillesvangurp, 2025-09-29 · Privacy Badger is a free browser extension made by EFF to stop spying · source

Exactly. My favourite extension is Consent-O-Matic to auto accept annoying (and meaningless) pop ups.…
— tsoukase, 2025-07-26 · Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build · source

I use the Consent-O-Matic addon to auto-process cookie consent popups. (I believe that's how it works.) uBlock Origin could then be used to handle the sites that lie or don't offer a choice at all.…
— doctor_radium, 2025-07-19 · Ask HN: Is clearing browser data (cookies, cache, history) enough? · source

I'd also recommend Consent-O-Matic for auto-clicking through most GDPR cookie notices ;)…
— trinix912, 2025-07-13 · Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update · source

21k from around one year I use the extension 'Tree Style Tab', with some settings changed, and 'Auto Tab Reaper' to unload old tabs. Or Sidebery Eventually I will probably just bookmark them Ctrl-Shift-D, which was what I was doing before, at the end of the day for all tabs open…
— guilhas, 2026-07-17 · Ask HN: How do you manage too many open tabs? · source

…e MacOS terminal, I had many agents running across tabs but they were difficult to track. I built it because I love the Tree Style Tab Extension in Firefox. I built it because, it is the time for Chrome, but for agents. I made it, to make it as simple as possible and nothing more…
— WasimBhai, 2026-04-22 · Show HN: Rapunzel – a tree-style terminal for AI agents · source

Now I understand why I'm getting paywall limits even in private browsing :) I use Tree Style Tab, so my canvas is also of unusual size and ratio. I guess I can try making it more narrow or wider to combat that :)…
— HackerThemAll, 2025-11-11 · Firefox expands fingerprint protections · source

…ifferently? I want less news, not more. > Organize my tabs by category and close the ones that are distractions I use a tree-style tab manager. You will close my tabs over my dead body. > Build a basic website for me using the best website generator tool Are you fucking serious?…
— AlexErrant, 2025-10-06 · The Internet Is Better on Comet · source

…ood separation I use firefox for "personal browsing" and safari for all work-related browsing and logins. Firefox, with tree style tab, might not be the best browser but it's good enough for me. I just wish I could trust Mozilla to make good decisions these days. Pushing addons…
— stevekemp, 2025-01-02 · Ask HN: Which browsers did you try in 2024, and what's your daily browser? · source

…k export to Markdown (organized by session & domain), Notion-ready hierarchical text, Netscape HTML Bookmarks, CSV, and OneTab format. 5. Native Browser Semantics: Tab items use native <a> anchors, preserving middle-click to open in background, native context menus ("Open link in…
— jarvissing, 2026-09-24 · TabVault – Open-source tab manager with atomic crash recovery · source

…e AI. The trick I use is when glancing through the homepage, I just open all the tabs that interest me and move them to OneTab. Eventually I sift through the threads on a lazy weekend. Many weren't that interesting, so they end up getting closed on the spot, same for those that d…
— mickelsen, 2026-08-15 · Ask HN: How do you keep up with HN these days? · source

…o find one of them, I can open the cemetery and search there (it's organised by "dump date"). This extension is called "OneTab" (I have no interest in promoting it, that's just what I use). Works well for me.…
— palata, 2026-07-16 · Ask HN: How do you manage too many open tabs? · source

It's how i've been using onetab for years. Simple clean and easily sharable.…
— klueinc, 2026-03-19 · Show HN: Pano, a bookmarking tool built around shareable shelves · source

…ve seen...They've built some stuff that is kinda close, and they already have a good crawler/indexer. I have been using OneTab to quickly consolidate a lot of tabs to a single list of URLs, which actually does help me "feel" a bit better, but doesn't solve the semantic search iss…
— TheTaytay, 2026-01-07 · A tab hoarder's journey to sanity · source

Instead of this I use Leechblock to cut the /feed access after 2 minutes, to prevent doomscrolling (no DOM change)…
— ea016, 2026-08-08 · LinkedIn Feed Blocker · source

…t, for those of us who KNOW it's an addiction and are actively trying to quit, but struggling to limit our usage. I use leechblock NG which is amazing for browser-based sites, but wouldn't really help a kid who's having the isuse on apps. There are many further steps to take, but…
— zug_zug, 2026-07-15 · The kids with phones are alright · source

…context switching is a big struggle. I often check Reddit while researching or coding, but end up doomscrolling. I use LeechBlock with limited overrides (15 minutes max) for when I actually need access, and add a 15-second delay for certain domains. That combo keeps me from disa…
— recursivegirth, 2025-11-02 · Show HN: I built a smart blocker after destroying my dopamine baseline · source

I've been using Leechblock, a more generalized blocker for all kinds of sites that might otherwise be unobjectionable, to do this. It doesn't hide links/thumbnails for shorts, but prevents me from visiting them (since I have leechblock set to block them "24/7 and until the end of…
— PaulDavisThe1st, 2025-10-23 · FocusTube: A Chrome extension that hides YouTube Shorts · source

…at usually means "all social media but youtube". Turn off autoplay/autoplay next on Youtube. On desktop, I actually use LeechBlock to even block youtube during work hours. It has a feature that blocks any override for specific sites or sets. If I want to use youtube, I pull it up…
— muddi900, 2025-10-10 · Ask HN: Most effective way to reduce excessive digital media consumption? · source

…cabin with the avatars of anyone else "on" that flight. Slight bug report - might just be HN hug-of-death related - on Arc browser, mostly without it as the active tab, I seem to have been stuck over Slough for some time (an ignoble fate). I believe Arc reduces resources allocat…
— gabriel666smith, 2026-09-16 · Show HN: I made a flight simulator, except you're just a passenger · source

I use the Arc browser -- it has a different way of organizing tabs into spaces in a quite intuitive and easy way.…
— veesander, 2026-07-16 · Ask HN: How do you manage too many open tabs? · source

Sample size: 1 but I use Arc browser. It's still webkit under the hood (and in maintenance mode now), though it's actually pretty good and last I checked had most of the baked in google stuff toggled-off by default…
— butlike, 2026-03-19 · Astral to Join OpenAI · source

I love the Arc Browser, but they discontinued development on that. I honestly have no interest in Dia at this point. AI is already available in any of the tools that I would want it in, and I don't think I would want any one company having visibility into more of my apps and da…
— amykhar, 2025-09-04 · Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company · source

I've been using Dia for about a month. Dia is made by The Browser Company of New York, best known for the Arc browser [1]. Dia is a fabulous piece of work--it's much more than Chrome + a chatbot. You can tell they thought deeply what would it mean for AI to be integrated into a b…
— alwillis, 2025-07-11 · Perplexity Comet · source

I've been using the 'ClearURLs' FF addon for quite a while now, and it gives you the URLs back in the results. https://docs.clearurls.xyz/…
— liquid_thyme, 2026-09-12 · google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping update · source

…after chosen time (default 15s) after changing/leaving domain. It has many other useful options. Another good addon is ClearURLs 1.27.3 which clears suspicious parameters of query strings on everything what's loaded by page. It sometimes break sites.…
— gitowiec, 2026-09-07 · My practical approach to surfing the web safely · source

It's not the same, as it only works on the receiving end, but I use the ClearURLs addon for stripping that out. At least it somewhat helps, and ensures that any URL I copy from my browser doesn't have tracking IDs. https://github.com/ClearURLs/Addon…
— NamTaf, 2026-09-04 · Artificial beaver dams saw juvenile coho salmon survival rates go from 8% to 60% · source

…Firefox will always be my primary as I find the addon options make the internet functional for me. Canonical, Certage, ClearURLs, CSS Exfil Protection, FoxReplace, NoScript, Tab Reloader, Temorary Containers, uBlock Origin, Zoom Page WE I use both browsers on Linux.…
— Bender, 2026-06-07 · Tell HN: Helium is the best browser I ever used · source

…the explanation parts as comment blocks? Happy to see you recommend uBlock Origin and LocalCDN. I would humbly suggest ClearURLs might belong. Another excellent "set it and forget it" extension that skips common tracking redirects. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/clearu…
— schiffern, 2025-08-31 · Hardening Firefox – a checklist for improved browser privacy · source

I love userscripts. Aren't we all using https://github.com/violentmonkey/violentmonkey now though? thought I realize "if it works it works", https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey…
— grimgrin, 2026-07-28 · Show HN: I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript · source

I agree, though I use Violentmonkey instead of Tampermonkey because open source, and uBlock Origin because rewriting it as a *monkey script is somewhere between "Implement a MIDI Machine Control interface to my turntable" and "Rewrite FreeBSD in Rust" on my project list.…
— jasomill, 2026-04-09 · Show HN: Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN easier to read · source

…ist is what's not there. I'm not seeing my spicy extensions (e.g. BPC), or the ones I use to block content on LinkedIn (ViolentMonkey, Ublock). So this isn't about detecting what they might deem as bad behaviour. Nor could it be a fingerprinting thing, right? You'd want a full li…
— specproc, 2026-04-03 · LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions · source

…week I've been playing around using web chatbots to write userscript. So far, I've just been cutting/pasting code from ViolentMonkey's basic edit window - which is a clunky workflow and a real editor like VSCode would be great. Even though the script is quite short, I've already…
— mrandish, 2026-01-29 · Show HN: Cursor for Userscripts · source

…lendar If such things matter to you, they have CalDAV and WebDAV offerings, the latter of which I use for backing up my ViolentMonkey scripts. I haven't used their "Google Keep" replacement because Joplin serves my needs, but it does exist. And all of this for the same yearly pri…
— mdaniel, 2025-05-09 · Doge software engineer's computer infected by info-stealing malware · source

Bypass Paywalls Clean works fine, recommend to install it.…
— sexy_seedbox, 2026-07-06 · Has China obtained the most important machine? · source

As an NYT subscriber, I'd like to toss out there that Brave browser (or the ad blocker of your choice) + bypass-paywalls-clean works very well. You can even be signed into your account, and everything works smoothly. I use a throwaway email that's just for NYT for the subscriptio…
— trollbridge, 2026-06-04 · The desperation of NYTimes · source

…on is a reminder that, despite OpenAI’s unprecedented rise, it remains very much a start-up." I use a Firefox add-on to Bypass Paywalls.…
— mrandish, 2025-12-10 · OpenAI Is in Trouble · source

Also, not affiliated with Vivaldi. Just been loyally using them since the alpha bc they posted here about being The Real Opera’s Phoenix, aka its spiritual successor made by a band of Opera employees that Jerry McGuire’d. I watched the movie for the first time because of this bro…
— xerox13ster, 2026-06-16 · Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers · source

…n. It's the connection that makes it memorable. Even yacc and grep have some connection to the program. I've been using Vivaldi browser for a while now, but neither the name nor icon have formed a natural connection to browsing for me. Same with Lazarus (an IDE), no obvious link…
— drpixie, 2026-01-20 · Luxury Yacht is a desktop app for managing Kubernetes clusters · source

…That's called "using an email client" to access email. The way it originally worked, you know, and still does[1]. I use Vivaldi browser, which has a built-in mail client[2]. You can use Mozilla Thunderbird[3], or (gasp) Outlook. All of them allow you to maintain a complete, offli…
— romwell, 2024-09-16 · LinkedIn blocked due Meshtastic video in private chat · source

I use Vivaldi browser and this does it very cleanly for me. I can see the tabs that are open on my phone, my laptop, or my desktop from the other devices. I can choose to open one tab from there or all of them. Works very well for me.…
— thunderbong, 2024-09-11 · Ask HN: How do you sync ongoing browser work between desktop and laptop? · source

…yer.com/ I use the Dark Reader extension's brightness and contrast settings to fix this often, or other times I use the Stylus extension and write custom CSS.…
— Velocifyer, 2026-11-04 · Safari introduces Adaptive Dark Mode in 27.3 · source

…ame broken themes. I forgot to back it up. Adding dark mode doesn't need a bunch of extensions, and while I'm sure the "stylus" extension is probably useful (I haven't used it, sounds like a CSS override extension), UBO does CSS and JS. Just my thoughts. Don't mind me.…
— eek2121, 2026-11-04 · Safari introduces Adaptive Dark Mode in 27.3 · source

I use the Stylus extension for site-specific CSS in Chrome. Usually end up with a big comma-separated list of selectors getting the { display: none !important; visibility: hidden !important } treatment.…
— ebertucc, 2026-01-19 · Apple testing new App Store design that blurs the line between ads and results · source

It doesn't fit your criteria of being open-source/free, but I built Bloomberry (bloomberry.com) as an alternative to Wappalyzer for exactly this use case. It analyzes DNS records, subprocessor lists, DNS traffic data to find the real technologies a company uses. So stuff like you…
— AznHisoka, 2026-02-05 · Ask HN: Any Recommended Alternative to Wappalyzer? · source

…s like nextjs and react. We chose to focus more on paid products instead. Builtwith (and its competitors like Whatruns, Wappalyzer and Similartech) is missing data on a lot of backoffice/backend products which we have data for…
— AznHisoka, 2025-09-25 · Ask HN: Decent Builtwith alternative for finding leads? · source

Wappalyzer extension says it's using Firebase, are you? If so, why mixing it with all the AWS stuff? I've been using Firebase for quick mini-projects and it's fun and quick it is for prototyping. If you use it for hosting, no worries about Cloudfront, routing, SSL, or anything...…
— groggo, 2024-03-05 · Show HN: NeedleDrop – Guess the movie from a song · source

I've been using for many years now the unhook youtube[1] extension to hide any distracting nonsense on youtube, you can select piecemeal what to hide, like the recommended trash in the sidebar, cards at the end of the video and even the main page. Supports firefox, chrome and edg…
— amlib, 2024-05-22 · YouTube seems to once again be rolling out its widely hated new web redesign · source