Chrome Mask
Shares rank 48 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders
Firefox add-on that makes sites see Chrome with one button click, useful on specific sites. Written by a Firefox engineer.
Firefox add-on that makes sites see Chrome with one button click, useful on specific sites. Written by a Firefox engineer.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Makes sites see Chrome
“sound even better since I just switch my user agent to chrome anyway”
Comment from 8 Dec 2025 in “How I block all online ads” “A user-agent spoofer like Chrome Mask is helpful here”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO” “allows you to only look like Chrome on specific sites”
Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “So Long, Firefox, Part One” - Comment from 6 Nov 2025 in “Firefox and Chromium”
Works on specific sites
“allows you to only look like Chrome on specific sites”
Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “So Long, Firefox, Part One” “You can use Chrome Mask on Firefox for such sites”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 in “Firefox and Chromium”
Other browser extensions people recommend
The four most recommended other browser extensions, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SponsorBlock | 137 | 4 | 97% | 13 | — | Approved |
| Firefox Multi-Account Containers | 76 | 13 | 85% | 10 | 7.5 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| NoScript | 61 | 11 | 85% | 12 | 10 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Claude in Chrome | 53 | 42 | 56% | 9 | — | — |
| Chrome MaskThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“A user-agent spoofer like Chrome Mask is helpful here”
“You can just click a button as opposed to writing an entry in settings.”
“sound even better since I just switch my user agent to chrome anyway”
“It's written by a Firefox engineer”
“allows you to only look like Chrome on specific sites”
“You can use Chrome Mask on Firefox for such sites”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.