My Firefox Setup (2015)

This post is mostly for my reference, but hopefully it is useful to others as well. :)

Extensions:

Extension Name Description License Development Restart Required
BetterPrivacy Removes Flash "Super-Cookies" / LSOs (Local Shared Objects) Freeware Inactive Yes
cliget Download protected files using curl, wget, or aria2. MPL 1.1 Active No
Cookie Controller Buttons for managing cookies, cookie permissions, and site cookie exceptions. MPL 2.0 Active Yes
DuckDuckGo Plus Adds DuckDuckGo as the default address bar, search bar and right-click search engine. Apache 2.0 Active No
Greasemonkey A userscript manager. MIT/X11 Active Yes
HTTPS-Everywhere Encrypt the Web! Automatically use HTTPS security on many sites. GPLv3 Active Yes
Policeman Can be used as a replacement for RequestPolicy and NoScript. Policeman gives you precise control over what web requests are allowed. GPLv3 Active No
Privacy Badger Protects privacy by evaluating third-party sites and blocking those that appear to be tracking you. GPLv3 Active No
Random Agent Spoofer Rotates complete browser profiles ( from real browsers / devices ) at a user defined time interval. It includes many extra privacy enhancing options. Note: The Github version has more features which AMO won't allow. GPLv3 Active No
Reddit Enhancement Suite A suite of tools to enhance Reddit. GPLv3 Active No
Self-Destructing Cookies Protects against trackers and zombie-cookies. Gets rid of a site's cookies and LocalStorage as soon as you close its tabs. GPLv2 Active No
Smart Referer Send referers only when staying on the same domain. WTFPL Active No
SSleuth SSleuth ranks an established SSL/TLS connection and gives a brief summary of the cipher suite, certificate and other SSL/TLS parameters. GPLv3 Active No
The Addon Bar (restored) Restores the Addon bar. MIT/X11 Active No
uBlock A excellent light-weight blocker that was recently ported to Firefox. GPLv3 Active No

Userscripts:

Name Description License Development
AdsBypasser Skips count-downs/continue pages and more. BSD Active
Bigger Twitch Stretches the twitch player so it uses as much space as possible. MIT/X11 Active
Bypass YouTube age verification Improved Bypasses YouTube age verification without logging in. GPLv3 Active
DuckDuckGo Extended Adds a customizable list of quick links to other search engines. MIT/X11 Active
Google Hit Hider by Domain (Search Filter / Block Sites) Block unwanted sites from showing up on search results at Google, DuckDuckGo, & Startpage. BSD Active
Hide unwanted streams on Twitch Blocks channels, games, etc that you are not interested in. MIT/X11 Active
ViewTube Watch videos on various sites without needing Flash. GPLv3 Active
Youtube Video Ratings Bar with Power Meter Places a ratings bar beneath video thumbnails and indicates viewer 'enthusiasm' alongside likes and dislikes. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Active

If you have interesting Firefox extensions or Userscripts (preferably open source), please feel free to post them in the comments section below.

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