# OpnTec/libredesktop-meta

SoerenX-Plugin for Custom Search, Tiles, Snippets

Repository: https://github.com/OpnTec/libredesktop-meta
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/libredesktop-meta
License Family: other
Last push: 2016-10-17T10:30:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4210, "days_push": 3607, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1387, forks 0 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:35.160061+00:00)

## What it is
A meta package for customizing the 'libredesktop' setup, focused on configuring Firefox browser settings such as custom search engines, new-tab directory tiles, and about:home snippets. It documents about:config values and the use of user.js profile files, with tooling references like the CCK2 wizard and NSIS installer.

## Use cases
- customize firefox new tab directory tiles
- configure firefox about:home snippets url
- set a custom default search engine in firefox
- deploy firefox settings via user.js in profiles
- package a customized firefox browser with an nsis installer
- preconfigure browser settings for a desktop distribution

## When to choose
- you need to preconfigure Firefox search, tiles, and snippets for a custom desktop build
- you want a documented user.js-based approach to Firefox profile customization
- you are building a customized browser installer for a Linux desktop project

## When to avoid
- you need a modern, actively maintained browser customization tool
- you target browsers other than Firefox
- you need supported enterprise browser management rather than config-file tweaks

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: configuration-management, search-engine, developer-tools
- domain: browser-extensions, web-development, privacy, developer-tools
- platform: windows, browser
- tags: firefox, browser-customization, user-js, directory-tiles, snippets, nsis-installer, meta-package, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- OpnTec/libredesktop-meta (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:35.160061+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 2026-08-30T04:39:48.737171+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/OpnTec/libredesktop-meta (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:35.160061+00:00, sha 238b412eb153)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.