https://github.com/davehunt/fxbootstrap
Bootstrap launcher for Firefox
https://github.com/davehunt/fxbootstrap
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Bootstrap launcher for Firefox
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/davehunt/fxbootstrap
- Owner: davehunt
- License: mpl-2.0
- Created: 2018-10-31T22:52:38.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2022-01-12T22:30:32.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-12T14:06:20.849Z (4 months ago)
- Language: Python
- Size: 34.2 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 6
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGES.md
- License: LICENSE.txt
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[](https://github.com/ambv/black)# fxbootstrap
A simple command line tool for launching Firefox with a temporary profile.
## Installation
```
$ pip install fxbootstrap
```## Launching Firefox
Running `fxbootstrap` will download and install the latest Firefox Nightly for your
platform to a temporary directory. It will then generate a clean profile and launch
Firefox using the new profile.```
$ fxbootstrap
✔ Downloaded Firefox to /var/folders/wz/3v_j7g2n2zx_q6qs8g7vmyg00000gn/T/tmpg_WfUI/2018-11-05-22-01-07-mozilla-central-firefox-65.0a1.en-US.mac.dmg
✔ Installed Firefox in /private/var/folders/wz/3v_j7g2n2zx_q6qs8g7vmyg00000gn/T/tmpg_WfUI/Firefox Nightly.app
✔ Generated profile at /var/folders/wz/3v_j7g2n2zx_q6qs8g7vmyg00000gn/T/tmpRZox06.mozrunner
🦊 Running Firefox Nightly 65.0a1 (20181105220107)
```After closing Firefox, the temporary directory containing the binary, installation,
and the profile will be deleted.## Installing add-ons
Add-ons can be installed into the Firefox instance by passing one or more
paths to XPI file(s) on the command line:```
$ pipenv run fxbootstrap --addon fbcontainer.xpi --addon fxlightbeam.xpi
```# Resources
- [Release Notes](http://github.com/davehunt/fxbootstrap/blob/master/CHANGES.md)
- [Issue Tracker](http://github.com/davehunt/fxbootstrap/issues)
- [Code](http://github.com/davehunt/fxbootstrap)