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https://github.com/equk/ffox_profile_tools

🦊 linux firefox profiles with security presets & userchrome styles
https://github.com/equk/ffox_profile_tools

firefox firefox-profiles mozilla mozilla-firefox namespaces prefs preset privacy security security-hardening userchrome

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🦊 linux firefox profiles with security presets & userchrome styles

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/equk/ffox_profile_tools
Owner: equk
License: mit
Created: 2018-09-12T20:29:28.000Z (over 6 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2023-11-20T15:23:21.000Z (about 1 year ago)
Last Synced: 2023-11-20T16:35:46.572Z (about 1 year ago)
Topics: firefox, firefox-profiles, mozilla, mozilla-firefox, namespaces, prefs, preset, privacy, security, security-hardening, userchrome
Language: CSS
Homepage:
Size: 140 KB
Stars: 3
Watchers: 3
Forks: 1
Open Issues: 0
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE

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README

        # 🦊 ffox_profile_tools 🐧

firefox profiles with security presets & userchrome styles

## Summary

The purpose of this project is to provide a way to create new firefox profiles with security & privacy settings already preset.

It also includes some style customizations using `userChrome.css`.

## Usage

Clone this repo and copy the files somewhere accessible.

You can then rename/copy the script to the profile name required (script filename = profile name).

Optionally you may also want to change the `profile_folder` variable (default is $HOME/.ffox_profiles)

## Features

Creation of new profiles with:

- [x] Security & Privacy Related Settings Pre-Set

- [x] Find At Top Of Screen

- [x] RAM Caching Enabled

- [x] Sandbox Check (user namespaces kernel setting)

- [x] Auto Update Profile Preferences

- [x] Bookmark Bar Spacing

- [x] Disable Ugly `urlbar` Zoom (firefox >75)

- [x] Disable Ugly Drop Shadow On Search

- [x] Disable Search Suggestions

- [x] Disable Sponsored Suggestions

- [x] Restore Old Square Tabs

- [x] Smaller Tab Density

- [x] Cleaner Image Context Menu

- [x] Smaller Bookmark Menu Spacing

## Screenshot

### userChrome Comparison

Here is a comparison to show the changes made with the userChrome styles.

#### Firefox Default

![](./screenshots/ffox_linux_default.jpg)

#### Firefox userChrome Applied

![](./screenshots/ffox_linux_userchrome.jpg)

## Short Changelog

    # 19-05-2015 -  initial script with tweaks

    # ref: https://equk.co.uk/2015/05/19/firefox-scripts/

    #

    # 06-06-2015 -  disable pocket (bundled with firefox)

    # 08-09-2018 -  added userChrome.css

    # ref: https://equk.co.uk/2018/09/12/firefox-profile-tools/

    #

    # 08-04-2019 -  added Enable U2F (FIDO) Authentication

    # 11-09-2019 -  disable centralized DNS queries DNS-over-HTTPS to cloudflare

    # 02-06-2020 -  Fix Ugly urlbar Zoom (firefox >75) to userChrome

    # 16-09-2020 -  Disable Pocket Recommendations on New Tabs

    # 16-10-2020 -  Feature - Auto Update Profile Preferences

    # 16-10-2020 -  Anti Tracking urlbar Prefs

    # 09-11-2021 -  Bookmark Menu Spacing

    # 24-03-2023 -  Disable Firefox Suggest

    # 27-03-2023 -  Restore Old Look With Square Tabs

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Mozilla References

[MozillaWiki](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Main_Page)

[Security/Sandbox - Mozilla Wiki](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Sandbox)

[Garf's blog: Linux sandboxing improvements in Firefox 60](https://www.morbo.org/2018/05/linux-sandboxing-improvements-in_10.html)