Violentmonkey
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 30 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders
Free, open-source userscript manager that people choose over Tampermonkey because it is open source and more lightweight.
Free, open-source userscript manager that people choose over Tampermonkey because it is open source and more lightweight.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 92%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 11 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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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
Open source, unlike Tampermonkey
“Thanks for the recommendation - didn't realize there was a FOSS equivalent.”
Comment from 9 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN much easier to read” “They should have vetted ViolentMonkey instead of TamperMonkey”
Comment from 15 Aug 2026 in “Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin” “use Violentmonkey instead of Tampermonkey because open source”
Comment from 9 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN much easier to read” Runs existing Tampermonkey scripts unchanged
“Violentmonkey is what I meant. That's my script from when I was previously using tampermonkey but it works identically in VM.”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Ask HN: Please give us an option to hide our username in the upper right corner” “This UserJS worked for me with Violentmonkey”
Comment from 8 Jun 2026 in “Apple WWDC 2026 Livestream” Trusted alongside uBlock Origin
“like uMatrix, uBlock Origin, or Violentmonkey, in Chrome by passing command line flags”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “Building a UMatrix Replacement” “I just stopped using third party extensions, except for 2 (violentmonkey, ublock)”
Comment from 16 Dec 2025 in “8M users' AI conversations sold for profit by "privacy" extensions” Custom scripts for sites and redirects
“I've setup a Violentmonkey script to automatically redirect me to r.naa.gg”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Old.reddit.com Gone” “That's what development tools are for. Or Greasemonkey/Violentmonkey.”
Comment from 16 Dec 2025 in “Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo”
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 | — | — |
| ViolentmonkeyThis page | 11 | 1 | 92% | 8 | — | Approved |
What people said
12 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I've setup a Violentmonkey script to automatically redirect me to r.naa.gg”
“They should have vetted ViolentMonkey instead of TamperMonkey”
“Violentmonkey is what I meant. That's my script from when I was previously using tampermonkey but it works identically in VM.”
“This UserJS worked for me with Violentmonkey”
“like uMatrix, uBlock Origin, or Violentmonkey, in Chrome by passing command line flags”
“said to be more lightweight”
“Thanks for the recommendation - didn't realize there was a FOSS equivalent.”
“use Violentmonkey instead of Tampermonkey because open source”
“which syncs with my desktop Firefox so I have all the same scripts”
“which is a clunky workflow”
“That's what development tools are for. Or Greasemonkey/Violentmonkey.”
“I just stopped using third party extensions, except for 2 (violentmonkey, ublock)”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.