Containerise
Shares rank 48 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders
People use it to split Firefox into isolated containers, giving per-tab, private-style browsing and a separate SOCKS proxy for each container.
People use it to split Firefox into isolated containers, giving per-tab, private-style browsing and a separate SOCKS proxy for each container.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 5 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: recommended
- July 2026: 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.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, 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
Per-tab private-style browsing
“I use Containerise plus Cookie AutoDelete plus Temporary Containers to give me what is effectively per-tab private browsing.”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 on Hacker News “both have a settings-setup that mimics exactly a temporary container for every site”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 on Hacker News Separate SOCKS proxy per container
“Use Container Proxy to configure which socks proxy to use for different containers.”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “A Practical Guide to SSH Tunnels: Local and Remote Port Forwarding” “I especially like the options to use socks proxies”
Comment from 21 Jul 2026 in “Firefox Containers Preview”
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 | — | — |
| ContaineriseThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“both have a settings-setup that mimics exactly a temporary container for every site”
“I especially like the options to use socks proxies”
“Use Container Proxy to configure which socks proxy to use for different containers.”
“not having the "trusted" badge in the extension store has usually been a hard pass for me”
“I've used it in the past for wildcard subdomains but not for ports.”
“I use Containerise plus Cookie AutoDelete plus Temporary Containers to give me what is effectively per-tab private browsing.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.