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The Mozilla add-ons website is the official repository for Firefox add-ons. [1] In contrast to mozdev.org which provides free hosting for Mozilla-related projects, the add-ons site is tailored for users. By default, Firefox automatically checks the site for updates to installed add-ons. [19]
No No Yes Yes Adblocker Do Not Track setting in a user's web browser. Read Aloud: GPL-3.0: No No Yes Yes Accessibility A Text to Speech Voice Reader Stylus: GPL-3.0: No No Yes Yes CSS Customization Turn Off the Lights GPL-2.0: No No Yes Yes Customization Obscure or mask content other than a running video. uBlock Origin: GPL-3.0: No No Yes Yes
NoScript (or NoScript Security Suite) is a free and open-source extension for Firefox- and Chromium-based web browsers, [4] written and maintained by Giorgio Maone, [5] a software developer and member of the Mozilla Security Group. [6]
Mozilla produces free and open-source software, but the binaries include trademarked artwork. The GNU Project attempts to keep IceCat in synchronization with upstream development of Firefox (long-term support versions) while removing all trademarked artwork and non-free add-ons. It also maintains a large list of free software plugins.
Since Firefox is open source and Mozilla actively develops a platform independent abstraction for its graphical front end, it can also be compiled and run on a variety of other architectures and operating systems. Thus, Firefox is also available for many other systems. This includes OS/2, AIX, and FreeBSD.
Pale Moon is built upon the Unified XUL Platform (UXP), a cross-platform, multimedia application base that was forked from Mozilla code prior to the introduction of Firefox Quantum. [18] [19] UXP is a fork of the Firefox 52 ESR platform that was created in 2017 due to XUL/XPCOM support being removed from the Firefox codebase. [20]
Firefox 8 was released on November 8, 2011 [26] and prompts users about any previously installed add-ons. Upon installation, a dialog box prompted users to enable or disable the add-ons. Add-ons installed by third-party programs were disabled by default, but user-installed add-ons were enabled by default.
Firefox originally permitted add-ons to extensively alter its user interface, but this capability was removed in 2017 and replaced with the less-permissive WebExtensions API. [3] [4] Several forks of Firefox retain support for XUL and XPCOM-based add-ons. Waterfox maintains a fork of the legacy Mozilla codebase for the Waterfox Classic browser. [5]