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Betterfox

31% faster than regular Firefox<sup>1</sup> :rocket:

about:config tweaks to enhance Mozilla Firefox.

:new: Now with ESR support.

Made for everyday browsing

A secure, blazing fast browsing experience. Without breakage.

Betterfox is an opinionated preference list inspired by the law of diminishing returns and the minimum effective dose.

Required reading

If you don’t have it already: Get Firefox

  1. Create a backup profile.
  2. Download the user.js file here (Right click > Save Link As…).
  3. Review Common Overrides and make any necessary changes.
  4. Open Firefox. In the URL bar, type about:profiles and press Enter.
  5. For the profile you want to use (or use default), click Open Folder in the Root Directory section.
  6. Move the user.js file into the folder.

After restarting Firefox:

  1. Get an ad blocker like uBlock Origin with our recommended filters.
  2. Enable DNS-level protection with NextDNS. <sup><i>Use the link and support this page!</i></sup>
    • Check out our configuration guide for the best experience.
    • See how to quickly enable secure DNS in Firefox.

Simple goals

  1. Minimalism: get what isn’t needed out of the way
  2. Efficiency: unleash Firefox’s ability to be fast and performant
  3. Privacy: protect your data without causing site breakage

Simple configs

Fastfox, Securefox, Peskyfox, and Smoothfox are guides to settings within Firefox.

The user.js — a configuration file that controls Firefox settings — is curated from these guides.

List Description
Fastfox Increase Firefox’s browsing speed. Give Chrome a run for its money!
Securefox Protect user data without causing site breakage.
Peskyfox Provide a clean, distraction-free browsing experience.
Smoothfox Get Edge-like smooth scrolling on your favorite browser — or choose something more your style.
user.js All the essentials. None of the breakage. This is your user.js.

Recognition

Browser Integration

YouTube

Podcasts

Articles

Guides

Reviews

  • “I use this one … The performance is absolutely amazing. There’s definitely a huge difference when it comes to loading sites.” - DIRIKtv
  • “BetterFox … will provide good-enough privacy and help with performance.” - Qdoit12Super
  • “…drastically changed the experience with Firefox for me. Improved speed, security, smoothness, and removed clutter.” - AppDate
  • “Firefox with uBlock Origin extension and tuned with Betterfox is faster than Safari.” - cugeloid
  • “I don’t think I could use Firefox without Betterfox.” - Professional_Fun4616
  • “The best collection of tweaks available.” - AuRiMaS
  • “FF is now much snappier!” - whotheff
  • “…the experience is so good now I don’t think I’ll go back to any of the chromium based browsers.” - Mr_Compromise

Support

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Credit

  • Betterfox mirrors the ongoing work provided by arkenfox. Additionally, this repository includes content reproduced or adapted from other sources. Credit for overlapping material goes to the original authors.
  • Appreciation goes to the Firefox team and developers working on Bugzilla, fighting for the open web.
  • A special thanks to Alex Kontos of Waterfox for his collaboration in v.116.
  • Many thanks to the 2021 Ghostery team for testing Betterfox at scale in its early days.

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  • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
    38·
    4 months ago

    Sure, just be aware that if you apply this without reading up on virtually every single option this changes, you’ll soon be joining the legion of people that always post about how “Firefox uses so much memory at idle!” or “Firefox won’t even render page xyz!” or “Firefox stutters like hell on pages with animations!” and so on.

    Because there’s a reason that the devs have not applied these to be the default. They don’t come without any cost.

    • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
      517·
      4 months ago

      there’s a reason that the devs have not applied these to be the default.

      And for a lot of options the reason is the advertisement partner’s money.

      • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
        11·
        4 months ago

        Sssh, don’t tell the sheep that! Next you’ll tell them about the earth’s shape or the alien butt probes we all get implanted after birth in hospitals! Don’t let them know!!

      • SquigglyEmpire@lemmy.world
        4·
        4 months ago

        Even assuming they did make development decisions to benefit advertising partners, how on earth would choosing not to optimize performance actually benefit them?