# BetterFox

5 Hacker News commenters recommended BetterFox and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free set of Firefox preferences placed in a user.js file; people say they would not use Firefox without it.

## Why people recommend it

- Tunes Firefox preferences via user.js (1 comments): "These prefs - and many others - can be placed in a user.js file" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47252109))
- Seen as essential for Firefox (1 comments): "I don't understand why anybody would use it without a custom config like BetterFox" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49541817))
- Endorsed as the preferred setup (1 comments): "Yes, Betterfox all the way in" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46867847))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Just the Browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/just-the-browser.md): 6 recommend
- [Arkenfox user.js](https://hackerapproved.com/p/arkenfox-user-js.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "BetterFox", https://hackerapproved.com/p/betterfox/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).