I've wanted to install an extension from outside addons.mozilla.org, but Firefox didn't let me do it
So I've did a small research and looks like there are 3 ways to sideload extensions, but all of them suck
- Using FF Developer Edition
In the Dev Edition you can set xpinstall.signatures.required
to false in about:config, but the problem is that the Dev Edition isn't as stable as standard FF
- Temporarily load the extension
In about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox
you can temporarily sideload extensions, but they will be removed next time you open FF, which is annoying
- Modify FF code
Lastly, I found this script which modifies the FF code, but this can break things so I don't want to use it
I'm really annoyed that Mozilla gets to decide which extensions I can install. So... what's the best way to sideload extensions?
Edit: thanks everyone, I'm now using a FF fork (Librewolf) which lets me sideload extensions after disabling xpinstall.signatures.required
I phrased that wrong, in my first comment I was just poking fun at how companies are adding LLMs to everything for the sake of it, like:
And they aren't doing anything innovative either, they just act as a middleman between you and OpenAI/Google/etc.
It looks like Kagi assistant is one of those rare cases where the LLM integration does actually make sense, but I don't think paying $15 more is much better than just opening chatgpt.com in a second tab