# Does Librewolf have any unique settings? **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [February 5, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751 "2021-02-05T04:24:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Archnoob](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Archnoob](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Archnoob)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/1 "2021-02-05T04:24:53Z")
I only discovered Librewolf a few minutes ago from reading the Yandex thread, so I installed it and I’m testing it now It seems great but all I see is Firefox with some default settings changed and Ublock installed. Is there anything that makes it different than Firefox other than changing a few settings? I know it’s based on Firefox but is there anything new added like how Brave has all the extra settings Chromium doesn’t have? ---
**Author:** ![theremper](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@theremper](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/theremper)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/2 "2021-02-05T06:16:11Z")
It is Firefox without some things. It is supposed to be more private and more secure ---
**Author:** ![flyingcakes](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/flyingcakes/32/6218_2.png) [@flyingcakes](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/flyingcakes)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/3 "2021-02-05T07:12:02Z")
I suppose the purpose of these FF based browsers like Waterfox, Librewolf is to remove features rather than adding. Eg. Waterfox removes Pocket support by default. Librewolf includes these two user.js files > **[GitHub - arkenfox/user.js: Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a...](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js)** > > Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening - GitHub - arkenfox/user.js: Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensi... > **[GitHub - pyllyukko/user.js: user.js -- Firefox configuration hardening](https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js)** > > user.js -- Firefox configuration hardening. Contribute to pyllyukko/user.js development by creating an account on GitHub. From [https://librewolf-community.gitlab.io/docs/](https://librewolf-community.gitlab.io/docs/) > Features > > - **Latest Firefox** — LibreWolf is compiled directly from the latest build of Firefox Stable. You will have the the latest features, and security updates. > - **Independent Build** — LibreWolf uses a build independent of Firefox and has its own settings, profile folder and installation path. As a result, it can be installed alongside Firefox or any other browser. > - **No phoning home** — Embedded server links and other calling home functions are removed. In other words, _minimal background connections_ by default. > - User settings updates — We keep up with [gHacks-user.js](https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js) and [pyllyukko’s user.js](https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js) > - Extensions firewall: limit internet access for extensions. > - Multi-platform > - Community-Driven ---
**Author:** ![Archnoob](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Archnoob](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Archnoob)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/4 "2021-02-05T07:41:27Z")
Thanks for the answers guys It seems like a good fork, hopefully it doesn’t get abandoned ---
**Author:** ![anon9173994](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5fc32e/32.png) [@anon9173994](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon9173994)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/5 "2021-02-05T09:53:06Z")
Hope Mozilla doesn’t take away the possibility of user.js. So nice to just throw in a user.js in the profile and all settings are in place! ---
**Author:** ![mardi](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mardi/32/11012_2.png) [@mardi](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/mardi)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/6 "2021-02-05T11:49:18Z")
I can’t help myself, but this word “pyllyukko” makes me laugh. I’m not sure if you know this, but “pyllyukko” is Finnish word and in English it is something like “buttman”… 😂 ---
**Author:** ![flyingcakes](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/flyingcakes/32/6218_2.png) [@flyingcakes](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/flyingcakes)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/7 "2021-02-05T13:37:14Z")
Wish I knew that before I posted it 😆 I hope its not an offensive word. Because then I’ll edit my post. ---
**Author:** ![mardi](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mardi/32/11012_2.png) [@mardi](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/mardi)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/8 "2021-02-05T13:40:28Z")
What’s offensive in butt? We all have it… 😁 ---
**Author:** ![flyingcakes](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/flyingcakes/32/6218_2.png) [@flyingcakes](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/flyingcakes)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/9 "2021-02-05T13:42:23Z")
I want to present my point but that will derail the discussion 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kresimir/32/73739_2.png) [@Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Kresimir)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/10 "2021-02-06T07:35:31Z")
inb4 someone gets offended on behalf of the buttless people. Not someone without a butt, of course, but someone perfectly able-bodied who wants to signal to us how virtuous he is. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Anticupidon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/anticupidon/32/1555_2.png) [@Anticupidon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Anticupidon)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/11 "2021-02-06T07:36:08Z")
Librewolf was presented in a DistroTube video. He praised the Firefox base without the telemetry and some other stuff. I have it installed in two computers, so far so good. Only that when I run the update, the Librewolf aur package was flagged as out of date or orphaned. Didn’t had much time to learn what is all about, maybe this weekend will solve this. ---
**Author:** ![Anticupidon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/anticupidon/32/1555_2.png) [@Anticupidon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Anticupidon)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/12 "2021-02-06T07:37:47Z")
Let’s keep this thread on its initial track. A bit of fun here and there isn’t harmful, but for the sake of clarity and focus let’s keep it on track. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kresimir/32/73739_2.png) [@Kresimir](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Kresimir)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/13 "2021-02-06T07:39:24Z")
It’s no longer flagged out-of-date on the AUR: [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/librewolf-bin/](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/librewolf-bin/) Just update, and all will be well (hopefully). ---
**Author:** ![keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/keybreak/32/9257_2.png) [@keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/keybreak)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/14 "2021-02-06T08:56:17Z")
Here’s the reason (it was 3-4 days delay after Firefox update): > [@Which privacy browser?](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/which-privacy-browser/4789/263): > > I think there’s something else in play (or that + something else) Anyways, here’s comments on current LibreWolf delay on AUR: I’m currently waiting for the Ubuntu Xenial package for 85.0 to be ready (we are grabbing patches from that one and also using it for the tarball build for Flatpak and Appimage releases as it’s a compatibility requirement for those to be built / run on Xenial). Usually that does not take that long – unfortunately, this time it seems to take a bit longer. Once that’s r… This delay will be resolved, and even then it’s very fast compared to other hardened browsers like GNU IceCat 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![chdsl](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@chdsl](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/chdsl)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/15 "2021-02-06T10:05:03Z")
Where to add a user.js to Firefox? ---
**Author:** ![anon9173994](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5fc32e/32.png) [@anon9173994](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon9173994)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/16 "2021-02-06T10:09:32Z")
Go to about:profiles and Root Directory on the profile you want use. Just put it in there. ---
**Author:** ![anon9173994](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5fc32e/32.png) [@anon9173994](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon9173994)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/17 "2021-02-06T11:47:36Z")
For those of you who want to test user.js in Firefox. Create your own profile for it. It changes a lot so all web pages may not work properly. Have a regular profile and one that has extra protection with user.js and all other settings. Have a different theme on them and it’s easy to see which one you’re on. For example, one with a bright theme for regular use and one with black theme when you want to be a little more secret! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![chdsl](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@chdsl](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/chdsl)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/18 "2021-02-06T11:55:12Z")
^^ You mean 2 user.js files? Will you explain this bit more? ---
**Author:** ![anon9173994](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5fc32e/32.png) [@anon9173994](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon9173994)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/19 "2021-02-06T11:56:56Z")
No, 2 different profiles. One regular and one with user.js. Edit: All profiles in Firefox can have different settings. ---
**Author:** ![chdsl](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@chdsl](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/chdsl)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751/20 "2021-02-06T12:13:30Z")
^^ What are the things you block with your user.fs? What are the useful ones to block as you see it? [Next page](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-librewolf-have-any-unique-settings/11751.md?page=2)