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What's the best way to sideload extensions? (lemdro.id)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by 2kool4idkwhat@lemdro.id to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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I've wanted to install an extension from outside addons.mozilla.org, but Firefox didn't let me do it

So I've did a small research and looks like there are 3 ways to sideload extensions, but all of them suck

  1. Using FF Developer Edition

In the Dev Edition you can set xpinstall.signatures.required to false in about:config, but the problem is that the Dev Edition isn't as stable as standard FF

  1. Temporarily load the extension

In about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox you can temporarily sideload extensions, but they will be removed next time you open FF, which is annoying

  1. Modify FF code

Lastly, I found this script which modifies the FF code, but this can break things so I don't want to use it

I'm really annoyed that Mozilla gets to decide which extensions I can install. So... what's the best way to sideload extensions?

Edit: thanks everyone, I'm now using a FF fork (Librewolf) which lets me sideload extensions after disabling xpinstall.signatures.required

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[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

People will understand that not everything is compatible, but this is still going to make it much less clunky to run add-ons that aren't readily available now. The previous method of having to create a collection was extremely clunky and often felt like more trouble than it was worth.

[-] Vincent@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, absolutely! Just wanted to make sure I wasn't interpreted incorrectly :)

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