The ultimate Firefox configuration that is acceptable Privacy-Wise while being as much feature-packed as possible.
- The best Firefox configuration that break as little websites as possible
- No ads, no cookies messages not even the "forced" one
- Near perfect fingerprint resistance (including resistance to fingerprint.com the "strongest" fingerprinting tool), your fingerprint changes at almost every browser restart
- 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
As you can see, this project doesn't get a lot of updates, the reason is simple: this project is complete.
I've been using it for YEARS since it was created, and it's just been doing what I want since.
I rarely have to change things and when I do, the change will be added to this guide.
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Under "New Windows and Tabs" / "Homepage and new windows" - "Custom URLs..."
Set the SearXNG instance you want to use.
Go to the SearXNG instance you want to use
Right click the search bar - Click "Add [Instance name]"
Go back to about:preferences#search
Under "Search Suggestions": Tick all options
Under "Search Shortcuts": Remove everything except the SearX instance you added (and the stuff you can't remove)
Under "Cookies and Site Data" untick "Delete cookies and site data when LibreWolf is closed"
Under "History"
"Clear history when Firefox closes" - Tick everything except "Cookies" "Active Logins" "Site Settings" "Offline website data"
Set privacy.resistFingerprinting to false: it breaks to much stuff, and the browser add-ons do most of what it does.
Set browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab to false: doesn't close the browser when the last tab is closed
Set security.OCSP.require to false: the OCSP server is down almost daily, and OCSP is basically pointless (also, looking at my MITM, the OCSP server seem to be a Google domain)
In the hamburger menu:
Bookmarks - Show bookmarks toolbar
In the bookmarks toolbar right click the "Import bookmarks": Remove from toolbar
CanvasBlocker: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/canvasblocker/
Settings - Preset: Choose "Convenient settings"
Home: Dark
Profile: "Random Profile (Desktop)" on desktop - "Random Profile (Mobile)" on mobile
Change Periodically - Every 30 minutes
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.
Indie Wiki Buddy: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/indie-wiki-buddy/
Enable BreezeWiki, choose your preferred instance
I still don't care about cookies: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/istilldontcareaboutcookies/
Configure it how you prefer (do not enable Fandom, Indie Wiki Buddy take cares of it)
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 / Appearance:
Theme: Dark
Filter lists
Tick the "+" next to "XX networks filters + XX cosmetic filters from:"
Tick every list (you can only tick your country in the "Regions, languages" lists)
"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
Augmented Steam: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/augmented-steam/
Bookmark Dupes: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/bookmark-dupes/
Bypass Paywalls Clean: https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean#installation
Cookie Quick Manager: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cookie-quick-manager/
Dark Reader: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/darkreader/
Get RSS Feed URL: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/get-rss-feed-url/
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"
Go to new tab - Keep changes
Settings - Show a new photo - Every 5 minutes
Remove Greeting
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/
This addon saves every webpage you visit to a special HTML file (that is a special zip that can be opened in a browser as is), this might be considered a security issue to have those files on your machine, this is why it's optional. DON'T ALLOW IN PRIVATE WINDOW if you want to be able to have a way to open pages without saving them.
- File name
template:
0A0A0A-SingleFileZ/{year-utc}{month-utc}/{year-utc}{month-utc}{day-utc} - {url-hostname} - %if-empty<{page-title}|No title>.{filename-extension}
file name conflict resolution: skip duplicate files
- HTML Content
Tick "Remove frames"
- Zip Content
Tick "insert embedded image"
- Network
Tick "set maximum size"
maximum size (MB): 50
- Auto-Save
auto-save waiting delay after page load (s): 8
Right click SingleFileZ in the taskbar and click on: SingleFileZ - Auto-save - Auto-save all tabs
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.
Some (rare) websites wont work with a setup this strong.
For those rare websites the solution is to use an alternative browsers (or to not use those websites).
Some websites don't support Firefox-based browser at all, so to hit 2 birds with one stone, let's use Ungoogled Chromium.
- Enable extensions following the guide they provide (when you first open the browser)
- Install uBlock Origin and I still don't care about cookies
- Remember to clear your browsing data often (using
chrome://settings/clearBrowserData(advanced tab - Time range: all time)), since Chromium-based browser don't have a feature to automatically clear them unlike Firefox-based browser (because obviously Google doesn't want their users to do that)
