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Recommended tooling

Browser
MacOS

Shell

Make python and nodejs use system managed CAs

Applications
Homebrew packages

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Recommended tooling

My configs: https://git.h.oluflorenzen.de/finkregh/dotfiles or https://github.com/finkregh/dotfiles

Browser

I use Firefox for privacy and security. Recommended extensions (most are also available on other browsers):

uBlock Origin
- The most important fist, blocking ads is the number one defence
- https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#ublock-origin
AWS Extend Switch Roles
- quickly switch roles in AWS
- https://github.com/tilfinltd/aws-extend-switch-roles
Auto Tab Discard
- I have too many tabs open, this reduces RAM usage
- https://webextension.org/listing/tab-discard.html
Behave!
- Monitor pages for DNS rebinding, accessing private IPs, port scans
- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/behave/
Tree Style Tabs
- did I mention that I have too many taps open?
- http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/xul/_treestyletab.html.en
  - addons: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/9480/?utm_source=firefox-browser&utm_medium=firefox-browser&utm_content=addons-manager-user-profile-link
    - TST Active Tab on Scroll Bar
    - TST Bookmarks Subpanel
    - TST Indent Line
    - https://github.com/piroor/tst-tab-drag-handle
  - https://github.com/NiklasGollenstede/tst-search#readme
  - https://github.com/Lej77/bookmark-tree-for-tree-style-tab
Popup ALT attribute
- show alt text for images
- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/popup-alt-attribute/
Certainly Something (Certificate Viewer)
- https://github.com/april/certainly-something
Consent-O-Matic
- Handle GDPR forms, allows e.g. keeping preference cookies but not others
- https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic
Disable Microsoft Safe Links
- https://github.com/wtimme/firefox-remove-safelinks
Firefox Multi-Account Containers
- Allows marking individual tabs, which outs them in their own "context". With this you can have the same page open in parallel with different logins
- This can also be used as a privacy tool, i.e. open your doctors website in a separate container, then ad networks etc. will have it a little harder to connect that to you
- https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers#readme
- There are multiple other addons that force certain websites into their own container: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=container
FoxyProxy
- Use proxys based on e.g. URL regexes
- https://getfoxyproxy.org/
Jiffy Reader
- Quick reading by adding weight to the first few characters of words
- https://github.com/ansh/jiffyreader.com#readme
OneTab
- Tab management, used in the past
- http://www.one-tab.com/
Refined GitHub
- Convenience and fixes for GitHub, works also on GH enterprise instances, I REALLY love this
- https://github.com/refined-github/refined-github
Skip Redirect
- Skips links like these and leads you directly to the destination https://www.google.com/chrome/?or-maybe-rather-firefox=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mozilla.org/
- https://github.com/sblask/webextension-skip-redirect
Snowflake
- Help circumvent censorship
- https://snowflake.torproject.org/
SponsorBlock for YouTube
- https://sponsor.ajay.app/
Stylus
- Custom CSS for websites
- CSS I use
  - readthedocs big screen https://uso.kkx.one/style/152496
  - JIRA dark https://userstyles.world/style/4413/jira-dark-2022-enbala
  - multiple from https://github.com/rybak/atlassian-tweaks:
  - jira <pre> styling https://userstyles.world/style/9301/jira-better-inline-code-formatting
  - jira copy summary https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/475815-jira-copy-summary
  - confluence <pre> styling https://userstyles.world/style/9298/confluence-better-monospace
  - confluence TOC https://userstyles.world/style/9300/confluence-simple-floating-toc
  - confluence space avatar as favicon https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/462032-confluence-space-avatar-as-tab-icon
- https://add0n.com/stylus.html
Tampermonkey
- Custom JS for websites
- JS i use
  - https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/462032-confluence-space-avatar-as-tab-icon from https://github.com/rybak/atlassian-tweaks
- https://www.tampermonkey.net/
Toggle dark mode
- allows switching between dark/light
- https://github.com/Cimbali/toggle-dark-mode
uBlacklist
- (Ugh, perhaps rename it...)
- Hide domains from google search results
- https://iorate.github.io/ublacklist/
Unclutter - Reader Mode
- Reduce website to only the content, apply some styling
- https://github.com/lindylearn/unclutter
Under New Management
- Get notified if extensions get published by a new author, in the past that hinted towards account takeover or people selling addons (which then lead to them spreading ads, malware, etc.)
- https://github.com/maxtheaxe/under-new-management-firefox

Important to note, though I dont use them:

BibBot
- If you have access to german library system you can access articles form some newspapers, magazines etc. via that. Essential a paywall-workaround
- https://github.com/stefanw/bibbot
Gitako - GitHub File Tree
- https://github.com/EnixCoda/Gitako
Sourcegraph
- possibly better search in github, gitlab, ...
- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sourcegraph-for-firefox/
BrowserAgentSwitcher
- If some website blocks you because you dont use $BROWSER
- https://mybrowseraddon.com/useragent-switcher.html
Vimium
- keyboard based navigation
- https://github.com/gdh1995/vimium-c
LeechBlock
- Block websites you dont want to visit (e.g. youtube)
- Allows setting that based on time
- https://www.proginosko.com/leechblock/

MacOS

Shell

Make python and nodejs use system managed CAs

Applications

yabai
- tiling window manager, I hate moving windows around by hand
- Works really well without disabling SIP
- can be combined with https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd for keyboard commands
- https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai
CommanderOne
- MC style file manager
Meetingbar
- Show the next meeting, open it some time before, etc
- https://github.com/leits/MeetingBar
BetterDisplay
- Change brightness etc via menubar, sync brightness changes, ...
- Alternative: https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl#readme
- https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay
Vorta
- GUI for borg, which is a backup tool
- https://vorta.borgbase.com/
Flameshot
- create screenshots and edit them
- alternatively use the macos internals when you dont have to edit them
  - Shift-Command-4 pastes the screenshot directly into your clipboard
- https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot
Raycast
- Alternative to Spotlight
- I use it mostly for clipboard history
- https://www.raycast.com/
ToggleMute
- Mute microphone via menubar, show mute state when muted from elsewhere
- https://github.com/satrik/toggleMute
Alt-Tab
- Better alt-tab interface
- https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/

Homebrew packages

Put this into a Brewfile and install all of them via brew bundle --file Brewfile.

tap "bensadeh/tailspin"
tap "borgbackup/tap"
tap "charmbracelet/tap"
tap "dagger/tap"
tap "homebrew/bundle"
tap "homebrew/cask"
tap "homebrew/cask-fonts"
tap "homebrew/core"
tap "homebrew/services"
tap "koekeishiya/formulae"
tap "pkgxdev/made"
tap "raggi/ale"
tap "satrik/togglemute"
brew "ca-certificates"
brew "coreutils"
brew "aws-es-proxy"
brew "bash"
brew "bat"
brew "broot"
brew "chafa"
brew "checkov"
brew "cocogitto"
brew "gnutls"
brew "colima"
brew "colordiff"
brew "container-diff"
brew "crabz"
brew "curl"
brew "dagger"
brew "diff-so-fancy"
brew "difftastic"
brew "direnv"
brew "dive"
brew "docker"
brew "docker-buildx"
brew "dog"
brew "dust"
brew "eslint"
brew "eza"
brew "fd"
brew "figlet"
brew "fish"
brew "fx"
brew "generate-json-schema"
brew "gh"
brew "git"
brew "git-extras"
brew "git-gui"
brew "git-imerge"
brew "gnu-sed"
brew "gnupg"
brew "terminal-notifier"
brew "gopass"
brew "grep"
brew "gron"
brew "hadolint"
brew "htop"
brew "httpie"
brew "jq"
brew "ijq"
brew "ipcalc"
brew "iproute2mac"
brew "ipython"
brew "jing-trang"
brew "jj"
brew "jless"
brew "jo"
brew "jsonlint"
brew "keychain"
brew "kubernetes-cli"
brew "languagetool"
brew "mr"
brew "mtr"
brew "neovim"
brew "tree"
brew "pass"
brew "pinentry-mac"
brew "pipx"
brew "podman"
brew "prettier"
brew "progress"
brew "pstree"
brew "pwgen"
brew "ripgrep"
brew "rye"
brew "sd"
brew "semgrep"
brew "shellcheck"
brew "shfmt"
brew "sipcalc"
brew "sk"
brew "socat"
brew "sponge"
brew "sslyze"
brew "stow"
brew "syft"
brew "tcptraceroute"
brew "testssl"
brew "tflint"
brew "tig"
brew "trivy"
brew "typos-cli"
brew "vale"
brew "virtualenv"
brew "watch"
brew "wget"
brew "xauth"
brew "xh"
brew "xxhash"
brew "yamlfmt"
brew "yamllint"
brew "yapf"
brew "ydiff"
brew "yq"
brew "zoxide"
brew "zsh"
brew "zsh-completions"
brew "bensadeh/tailspin/tailspin"
brew "borgbackup/tap/borgbackup-fuse"
brew "koekeishiya/formulae/skhd"
brew "koekeishiya/formulae/yabai"
brew "pkgxdev/made/pkgx"
brew "raggi/ale/openssl-osx-ca"
cask "accessmenubarapps"
cask "alt-tab"
cask "drawio"
cask "flameshot"
cask "font-delugia-mono-powerline"
cask "font-droid-sans-mono-nerd-font"
cask "font-fantasque-sans-mono-nerd-font"
cask "font-fira-code-nerd-font"
cask "font-fira-mono-nerd-font"
cask "font-inconsolata-nerd-font"
cask "font-jetbrains-mono"
cask "font-meslo-lg-nerd-font"
cask "font-monaspace-nerd-font"
cask "iterm2"
cask "keycastr"
cask "kitty" # terminal i use
cask "meetingbar"
cask "monitorcontrol"
cask "podman-desktop"
cask "raycast"
cask "togglemute"
cask "xit"