Clenzy

Before & After

Overview

Quickly disable AI, tracking, crypto, and other garbage features from some browsers.

Supported Platforms

Operating Systems

• Windows
• macOS
• Linux (snap, flatpak, and local installations)

Browsers

• Brave (stable, beta, and nightly)
• Firefox (stable, nightly, beta, and developer edition)
• Zen Browser

Instructions

Download the latest release for your platform from the releases page

• Windows
  • From PowerShell, navigate to the directory with the executable and run .\clenzy.exe
• macOS & Linux
  • From the terminal, navigate to the directory with the executable and run chmod +x ./clenzy then ./clenzy

Usage

  -v, --verbose...             Print extra debug information (max 3 levels with -vvv)
  -Y, --auto-confirm           Assume yes to all prompts
      --no-vertical-tabs       Disable setting browsers to use vertical tabs
      --no-backup              Disable the creation of backups
      --no-search-suggestions  Disable search suggestions and prefetching. Every word in the URL bar you type will be sent to your search provider if search suggestions are enabled
  -P, --policies               Enable creating policy files
  -h, --help                   Print help
  -V, --version                Print version

Features

• Opinionated, but non-aggressive defaults
• Automatic backup creation
• Unattended option - Use auto confirmation flag (-Y) for script automation
• Betterfox.js

Why?

For me at least, I am very picky about my browser since I spend so much time in it. I spend a lot of time tweaking it every time I installed it, so this makes it immediate.

❓Will you support X browser?

Open an issue! I will look into it.

Recommendations

Browsers

• Windows & Linux: Firefox, Brave

• macOS: Orion, Firefox, Safari, Brave
  

_{You can substitute Firefox with Librewolf if you are more privacy conscious, but it is less convenient for everyday use.}

Search Engines

• Kagi (paid)
• DuckDuckGo

Extensions

• uBlock Origin
• Your favorite password manager