# Containerise

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Containerise and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People use it to split Firefox into isolated containers, giving per-tab, private-style browsing and a separate SOCKS proxy for each container.

## Why people recommend it

- Per-tab private-style browsing (2 comments): "I use Containerise plus Cookie AutoDelete plus Temporary Containers to give me what is effectively per-tab private browsing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45830004)) "both have a settings-setup that mimics exactly a temporary container for every site" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49743890))
- Separate SOCKS proxy per container (2 comments): "Use Container Proxy to configure which socks proxy to use for different containers." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48672376)) "I especially like the options to use socks proxies" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48996206))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [SponsorBlock](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sponsorblock.md): 137 recommend
- [Firefox Multi-Account Containers](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox-containers.md): 76 recommend
- [NoScript](https://hackerapproved.com/p/noscript.md): 61 recommend
- [Consent-O-Matic](https://hackerapproved.com/p/consent-o-matic.md): 36 recommend
- [LibRedirect](https://hackerapproved.com/p/libredirect.md): 35 recommend

## Cite as

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