Tampermonkey/tampermonkey
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Tampermonkey is the most popular userscript manager, with over 10 million users. It's available for Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari, Opera Next, and Firefox.
21 mentions on Hacker News by 18 people: 1 story, 20 comments · first 2020-03-23 · latest 2026-07-28
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…https://github.com/violentmonkey/violentmonkey now though? thought I realize "if it works it works", https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey
comment by grimgrin · 2026-07-28 · in Show HN: I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript -
This is why it's so sad that Tampermonkey isn't open source. https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey/discussions/173...
comment by cachius · 2026-02-11 · in Chrome extensions spying on users' browsing data -
…at least it reduces the surface area to a single extension. FYI: Just set Script Updates to Never. https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey
comment by vunderba · 2026-02-02 · in MaliciousCorgi: AI Extensions send your code to China -
Iv been following https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey/issues/644 since 2020. I remember a moment in 2021 where Google came out with this ridiculous notion of User code stored on User computer and executed by User Agent being…
comment by rasz · 2025-07-13 · in Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update -
Probably because it looks to be closed source these days. https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey > This repository contains the source of the Tampermonkey extension up to version 2.9. All newer versions are distributed under a…
comment by MC995 · 2024-10-02 · in Web scraping with your web browser: Why not? -
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Show HN: Sniper: A Manifest V3 web extension for dynamic user specified actionsstory by aditya_rs · 2023-12-11 · 0 comments
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I have no damn idea why Tampermonkey, which as very best I can tell is closed source < https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey/blob/master/REA... >, is on the "blessed" Firefox for Android list when Violentmonkey <…
comment by mdaniel · 2023-12-05 · in Tampermonkey: Dev Mode will become mandatory for running userscripts in Chromium -
There is a new userScripts API: https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey/issues/644#issu...
comment by ghostwords · 2023-11-16 · in Google resumes transition to Manifest V3 for Chrome extensions -
https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey/blob/master/COP... this says GPL so unless they update their license file here, this stays
comment by 2Gkashmiri · 2023-02-17 · in Firefox Android now supports Tampermonkey -
Hmm, well they've chosen a known bad one. What gives. :( How is this ever cool, Mozilla? https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey/issues/1545#iss...
comment by benatkin · 2023-02-17 · in Firefox Android now supports Tampermonkey -
Yes, they will stop working completely. https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey/issues/644
comment by rasz · 2022-09-29 · in Google postpones MV2 shutoff in Chrome stable to June 2023 -
…does look like a gap. Tampermonkey's related issue, though it seems to be mostly focused on Chrome: https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey/issues/644
comment by tyingq · 2022-09-24 · in Mozilla reaffirms that Firefox will continue to support current content blockers -
Googling "tampermonkey manifest v3" lead me to this issue, which has a lot of relevant discussion: https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey/issues/644
comment by coldpie · 2022-09-24 · in Mozilla reaffirms that Firefox will continue to support current content blockers -
…be enough time. [0]: Manifest V3: examine the effects · Issue #644 · Tampermonkey/tampermonkey: https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey/issues/644 [1]: Migrate to Manifest V3 · Issue #1821 · brookhong/Surfingkeys -…
comment by HellsMaddy · 2022-09-19 · in Proxy Chrome extensions are not going to be usable in MV3 -
…such as ViolentMonkey or TamperMonkey. https://github.com/violentmonkey/violentmonkey/issues/1555 https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey/issues/644 The only thing we have so far is a google rep stating that they'll "reaffirm that we…
comment by worble · 2022-08-30 · in AdGuard publishes the first ad blocker built on Manifest V3 -
…that they are planning to support extensions that inject user-written scripts or styles last year. https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey/issues/644#issu...
comment by maxloh · 2022-05-19 · in Manifest v3 in Firefox: Recap and Next Steps -
…or new APIs remains unclear. Personally I'd like to see integration with Local Overrides. https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey/issues/644#issu...
comment by SquareWheel · 2022-05-11 · in Android Chrome 99 expands Certificate Transparency, breaking all MitM dev tools -
I have suggested using Wizer's spidermonkey wasm to the Tampermonkey "v3" issue[1]. [1] https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey/issues/644#issu...
comment by rektide · 2021-06-09 · in Introducing chrome.scripting -
https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey/issues/1083 confirmed by Tampermonkey dev.
comment by rasz · 2021-03-01 · in How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70% -
…loading first website 200ms faster once per daily session is more important than loading adblocker! https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey/issues/1083 The 'making extensions safer for everyone' Manifest V3 keeps the ability to spy on…
comment by rasz · 2020-12-09 · in Manifest V3 now available on M88 Beta -
I can't find any information around this except an open issue ( https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tampermonkey/issues/397 ), you got any links? As I understand issue linked above, they want to support it but currently does not, in official…
comment by capableweb · 2020-03-23 · in Show HN: Zoom Redirector