What are your favorite browser extensions?

What browser extensions do you use that you'd recommend to others?

Do you contribute to any FOSS browser extension projects?

Are there any non-FOSS extensions that you wish had a sufficient FOSS alternative?

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Firefox:
uBlock Origin (uBO) - The internet is basically unusable without this. {GPLv3}
Dark Reader - I like using dark themes and I hate when I get blasted with a light theme when I visit a site. This keeps that to a minimum. {MIT}
Firefox Multi-Account Containers - It's nice to keep things separated. {Mozilla Public License Version 2.0}
Consent-O-Matic - Automatically marks my saved cookie preferences on consent pop ups. This is a great tool to help counter to the dark patterns related to GDPR, but it isn't perfect. {MIT}
NoScript - I don't like giving blanket permission to run JavaScript in my browser. This let's me choose. {GPLv3}
Wayback Machine by Internet Archive - Archives the sites I visit automatically and provides a one click option to visit an archived version of a URL that returns 404. {Proprietary | I don't know of any alternatives}
Tampermonkey - There are a few very useful scripts that I run periodically. Tampermonkey keeps them organized and easy to run. {Proprietary | I don't know of any alternatives}
Reddit Enhancement Suite - I got a lot of value from this extension over the years, but I don't know how much value it has going forward for me {GPLv3}
- I usually have a browser without NoScript, though, since a few sites I visit breaks with it enabled.
  Can't praise uBlock Origin and Dark Reader enough, though. Also Privacy Badger/Possum and Decentraleyes (at least a few years ago).
- I can second Firefox's containers. That has been my favorite feature Mozilla has implemented in Firefox and used with an add-on, of which there are a few. I've been using Containerise.
  
  What do you like about Containerise? I've only used the Mozilla developed add-on
  
  The Mozilla add-on is adequate and honestly probably better than Containerise in terms of UX. Containerise is simpler with fewer features, which could be a plus or a minus. I primarily use the add-on to automatically open a domain in a specified container and not much else, so it works for me.
  
  Thanks for that comparison!
- For searching web archives, there's the Web Archives addon (GPLv3). It just opens a search page though, and doesn't have the ability to automatically archive.
  For userscripts I use Violentmonkey (MIT).
  
  I'll take a look at violentmonkey. Thanks for the pointer!

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