# yokoffing/Betterfox

Firefox user.js for optimal privacy and security. Your favorite browser, but better.

Repository: https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/betterfox
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: firefox, anti-tracking, mozilla, privacy, security, settings, tracking, gecko, performance, speed, web-browser
Last push: 2026-08-25T22:40:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 82, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2354, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 41, "gap_med": 48, "n_releases_24m": 14}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10795, forks 257 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:44.310490+00:00)

## What it is
Betterfox is a curated user.js preference file that hardens Mozilla Firefox for privacy, security, and speed via about:config tweaks. It bundles opinionated settings guides (Securefox, Peskyfox, Smoothfox) into a single drop-in configuration file.

## Use cases
- make firefox more private without extensions
- speed up firefox browsing performance
- harden firefox against tracking
- apply recommended about:config settings
- reduce firefox telemetry and data collection
- one-file firefox configuration with minimal site breakage

## When to choose
- you want a maintained, opinionated Firefox privacy/performance baseline without third-party code
- you prefer a single user.js file over manually tweaking about:config
- you want privacy hardening that avoids breaking everyday websites

## When to avoid
- you use a browser other than Firefox or Gecko-based forks
- you need fully audited, compliance-grade hardening rather than opinionated defaults
- you are unwilling to back up your profile or review overrides before applying

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: security, privacy, configuration-management
- domain: privacy, security, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: windows, browser
- tags: firefox, user-js, anti-tracking, browser-hardening, about-config, performance-tuning, gecko, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- yokoffing/Betterfox (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:44.310490+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:17:42.470052+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:44.310490+00:00, sha b18fe3f958cf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.