browser-extension

FoxyProxy Browser Extension

After some years of stability, FoxyProxy has been updated to support Manifest Version 3 which is required by Chrome in order for extensions to be compatible with Chrome in 2024. We took advantage of this forced update to implement many feature requests and other changes that were requested over the years.

FoxyProxy has been owned and developed consistently by the same team since 2006.

The repository has the source code for version 8.0+ for Firefox, Chrome, and other Chromium-based browsers like Chromium, Brave and Edge.
Source code for older versions.

Permissions

downloads: Used to save/export user preferences to file, for backup or sharing
notifications: Used to inform users (e.g. for errors)
proxy: Used to set proxies (core function of the extension)
storage: Used to store user preferences
tabs: Used to get tab details (e.g. for "Quick Add", "Tab Proxy", & "Incognito/Container Proxy")
webRequest: Used to provide proxy authentication
webRequestAuthProvider: Used to provide proxy authentication
host permission: Used to provide proxy authentication (to any URL "<all_urls>")

Optional Permissions

browsingData: Used for "Delete Browsing Data" button to delete cookies, indexedDB, and localStorage, only if requested by the user
privacy: Used for "Limit WebRTC" button to toggle browser.privacy.network.webRTCIPHandlingPolicy, only if requested by the user

Remote Code

No remote code is used in this extension.

Screenshots

Dark Theme

Light Theme

Releases

	Chrome	Firefox	Edge
Standard
Basic

Source Code

Beta	Release	Old
	Releases	3.0.7.1	7.5.1

Browser Minimum

version	Chrome/Edge	Firefox	Firefox for Android
9.0 - *	version 108 (released 2022-11-29)	version 128 (released 2024-07-09) due to root certificate expiry 2025-03-14	version 128 (released 2024-07-09) due to root certificate expiry 2025-03-14
8.0 - 8.10	version 108 (released 2022-11-29)	version 93 (released 2021-10-05)	version 113 (manifest) (API minimum 102)

Beta Installation Guide

Backup your FoxyProxy settings
Download repo (or use git)
- browser-extension (this page) -> Code (green button) -> Download ZIP
- Unzip the downloaded file
Chrome
- Go to chrome://extensions/
- Enable Developer Mode (top right)
- Click “Load Unpacked”
- Select manifest.json (or src folder)
Firefox (Nightly/Beta/Developer Edition)
- Go to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox
- Click “Load Temporary Add-on…”
- Select manifest.json
Firefox for Android
- Install Firefox Nightly
  - Firefox Nightly for Developers
- Enable Debug Menu
  - Go to: menu -> Settings -> About Firefox Nightly
  - Tap a few times on the Firefox icon to enable debug menu
  - Go to: about:config
  - Find xpinstall.signatures.required
  - Toggle to false
- Install Beta version
  - Prepare src for Firefox as mentioned above
  - Create a zip file from the content of src
  - Make the file available to the Android device
- Install add-on from file
  - Go to: menu -> Settings -> Advanced -> Install add-on from file

Building for Distribution on the Chrome, Edge, and Firefox web stores

Version 9.0 and above

FoxyProxy Standard: remove manifes-basic.json
FoxyProxy Baisc: remove manifes.json, and rename manifes-basic.json to manifes.json
zip the contents of the src directory into the top of an archive.
The src/ directory should not be in the zip archive.

Version 8.0 to 8.10: without grunt:

copy the appropriate manifest-xxx.json file to manifest.json; e.g. mv manifest-chrome.json manifest.json
zip the contents of the src directory into the top of an archive.
The src/ directory should not be in the zip archive.

Version 8.0 to 8.10: with grunt:

Install grunt locally:
- npm i -D grunt-cli
Run one of:
- grunt --target=chrome-standard
- grunt --target=chrome-basic
- grunt --target=firefox-standard
- grunt --target=firefox-basic

The target is built in foxyproxy-XXX-YYY.zip; e.g. foxyproxy-chrome-standard.zip.

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